Beth M. Miller, Ph.D., joined the staff of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation in September 2008.  She had served as a consultant to the Foundation since January, 2008.  Dr. Miller was previously the President of Miller-Midzik Research Associates (MMRA), and a Senior Research Advisor at the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST), Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College.  Dr. Miller’s reports for the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Critical Hours: Afterschool Programs and Educational Success and The Learning Season: The Untapped Power of Summer to Advance Student Achievement, have been widely disseminated.  Over the past 20 years, Dr. Miller has conducted many influential evaluations, research projects and policy analyses.  Her work has focused on bridging the worlds of research, policy and practice in education and out-of-school time.  Dr. Miller presents frequently at conferences and meetings and has been quoted in local, national and international media. She holds a B.A. from Hampshire College and a Ph.D. in Social Policy from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.