Alison Miller

Deputy Director, Management, The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Alison Miller is the Deputy Director for Management of the Earth Institute, where she manages day-to-day operations. She is also the Associate Director of the Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management at the Earth Institute, where she engages in research related to organization-level sustainability issues. Prior to Columbia, Miller worked as a business development associate for an asset management firm. She has written about climate policy, sustainability metrics, and management. Miller is the co-author, with Steven Cohen and William Eimicke, of the 2015 book, Sustainability Policy: Hastening the Transition to a Cleaner Economy. She teaches courses on sustainable development and sustainability management and policy. In 2014, she was selected as one of City & State’s 40 under 40 Rising Stars in NYC Politics & Policy. Miller received her MPA in Environmental Science and Policy at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs and her BA in Economics and International Relations from the University of Delaware.