Dr. Miller is the Wm. B. Stokely Chair of Management at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business. Dr. Miller’s early career focused on academic research related to business strategy, innovation, and organizational change. The middle portion of his career shifted to translating business school research into action and he led in the creation of numerous degree and non-degree executive education programs before eventually becoming Tennessee’s Associate Dean of Executive Education. In the final part of his career, Dr. Miller has engaged in an eclectic collection of personal projects addressing what he feels are some of the most important issues of the day.  After 9-11, Dr. Miller founded the Aerospace-Defense MBA as a means for the military and the defense industrial base to rethink their relationship and build more affordable and effective national defense solutions. He then founded the Alliance for Better Nonprofits and spent a decade developing frameworks for leaders and boards to use in improving nonprofit effectiveness. Most recently, he is focused on addressing two major challenges facing the next generation of business leaders, creating courses on how to address wicked problems using critical thinking and judgement, and courses on improving personal and organizational well-being. Beyond his life at the University, Alex is a seventh-generation Tennessee farmer and the recent recipient of the Governor’s Award for Environmental Stewardship for his farm’s advances in regenerative agriculture.