Michael W. Miller is a partner at the Kyle House Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consultancy that specializes in global health and development policy. Prior to joining the firm, he was Republican Policy Director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for Senator Bob Corker, where he oversaw policy and legislative initiatives globally.
Since 2010, Michael has served an Adjunct Associate Professor of Global Health at Duke University. From 2009 to 2012, he founded and led a Washington, D.C., and Research Triangle, N.C., based consulting firm that served a range of U.S. and international clients.
From 2001 to 2009, Michael held several senior policy positions in the Executive Branch and the White House, including Senior Advisor in the office of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); and Director for Africa on the National Security Council at the White House. During the period, he served as an alternate U.S. Board Member of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; on the U.S. delegation to the World Health Assembly; and as the U.S. Board Member of the Roll Back Malaria partnership.
From 1995 to 2001, Michael was Senator Bill Frist’s senior legislative assistant for foreign affairs, where he directed the Subcommittee on African Affairs at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Michael began his career with the International Republican Institute (IRI) as a democracy and governance advisor in Africa, traveling and working extensively across the continent. He received his bachelor’s degree with honors in geography from the University of Tennessee, and his master’s degree in political geography from the University of South Carolina.