Adam Miller
Founder of Philanthropist
Adam Miller
Founder of Philanthropist
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder/CEO, Instil
2020 - Current
Instil is revolutionizing the nonprofit world by bringing the power of modern enterprise software to nonprofits everywhere. Instil’s purpose-built solution helps nonprofits optimize their limited resources and increase revenues to maximize impact. With a holistic platform to manage donors, members, volunteers, advocates and beneficiaries, Instil transforms the way nonprofits engage with their constituents.
Co-Founder/Exec Chairman, Groundswell
2021
Groundswell is democratizing philanthropy for the 99%, giving everyone the giving power of donor advised funds and family foundations. In the same way that Robinhood did with investing, Groundswell will bring philanthropy to the masses. Every user will be able to effortlessly build charitable giving portfolios that automate their monthly giving across causes and interests, and can elect to set aside a portion of funds to grow tax-free in select ESG investment vehicles for future giving. At the same time, Groundswell’s SaaS services will transform corporate giving with a "401k for good."
Managing Partner, AllerFund
2020
Created the first venture capital fund focused exclusively on startups supporting the food allergic community, including biotech, medical device, technology and consumer products companies. Initial investments include AllAdapt, Allergy Amulet, Bryn Pharma, IgGenix, Latitude, Pareto Bio, Ready-Set-Food, and Yumi (where I serve as Executive Chairman).
Chairman/Director, Team Rubicon
2013
Worked with Jake, Art and the team to help build Team Rubicon from a small nonprofit into America's premier veterans' service organization utilizing the capabilities of military vets to deliver world-class humanitarian aid with over 150,000 volunteers. Team Rubicon has deployed hundreds of times across the United States and around the world to provide immediate relief to those impacted by disasters and humanitarian crises. Served as Chairman of the organization from 2013 - 2021.
Director, Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE)
2008
Joined the board of FAAN in 2008. In 2011, led the merger of FAAN and FAI to create FARE, which is now the world's leading volunteer health organization focused on the food allergy epidemic. Helped FARE with the creation of the FARE Clinical Network and the development of FARE's data commons, which are critical in driving innovation in the food allergy area. Was one of two seed investors in Aimmune (acquired by Nestle), which was the first company to receive FDA approval to commercialize oral immunotherapy. Also helped to build the UCLA Food Allergy Program.
Co-Founder/CEO, Clovers
2020
Clovers helps companies and candidates to build dream teams. Clovers is bringing the most important aspect of the recruiting process - the interview - into the modern era. The result is more inclusive, more efficient, and more effective hiring.
Exec Chairman, Profi
2021
Profi enables professionals of all types, including coaches, consultants, therapists and trainers, to better serve their clients. Profi provides modern tools for collaboration, program management, scheduling, billing, reporting, and client management. With the professional services sector booming post-COVID, the Profi platform helps providers, from solos to teams to large corporations, to increase revenue and reduce admin costs through optimized service delivery, deeper client engagement, and automated business processes.
Managing Partner, 1P Ventures
2011
Investor and advisor to some of the most promising and innovative tech companies in LA and beyond. Portfolio includes Accolade (IPO), Accrete, All3D, AllVoices, Ellevation (acquired), Leena.ai, MyKaarma (acquired), Nomi Health, Papaya Global, Procore (IPO), Rightsline (acquired), and Thrive Global. Served as board member for Comparably (acquired) and Mindbody (acquired).
Founder/CEO/Chairman, Cornerstone OnDemand
1999 - 2021
Started with an ambitious idea in my one-bedroom apartment to improve access to education for adults, and built Cornerstone into a multi-billion dollar public company with over 3,000 employees in 30 countries. Our products helped develop over 75 million people across more than 6,000 organizations in 192 countries. Delivered over one billion online classes to help people to realize their potential. Led the company as CEO for 20 years, from initial founding thru venture funding, to IPO and global expansion. Following a decade as a public company CEO, moved to Exec Chairman in 2020 and took the company private a year later in a $5.2B transaction.
Co-Founder/CEO, Better Angels
2022
Los Angeles is facing an epidemic of homelessness. Despite billions of dollars approved by taxpayers to address the crisis over the last several years, the situation has further deteriorated. Existing nonprofits, despite best intentions, have been too constrained to have the broad impact necessary to address the issue at scale. We believe that the time has come to rally the residents of LA to tackle homelessness head on. Better Angels will take a bold, holistic approach to confront the many aspects of this huge, complex and seemingly intractable problem.
Co-Founder/Chairman, 1P.org
2020
1P.org is dedicated to addressing some of the most intractable problems facing our one planet, leveraging extensive research, technology and impact capital to drive results. Our focus areas are homelessness (for our city), workforce development (for our state), gun safety (for our country), and climate change (for our world). Actively working personally on several specific initiatives to address LA's homeless crisis.
Founder/Co-Chairman, LA-Tech.org
2018
Joined forces with the leaders of LA's burgeoning tech sector to give back to Los Angeles, with a focus on expanding economic opportunity for our underserved communities. We provided COVID relief with #stepupforLA. We are now committed to the 1000 Intern Initiative, which will provide one thousand tech internships to underprivileged students of color at LA tech companies. Over 200 students have already entered our fellowship program.
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