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SENATOR RAY MILLER

Ray Miller’s favorite saying is, “Never allow your greatest accomplishment to

become your highest achievement in life.” Perhaps that’s why his legacy extends

far beyond his years as a state representative and state senator in the Ohio
General Assembly.

Although he retired from elected office in 2010, his work continues. To help

prepare a new generation of leaders, he created both the Progressive Leadership
Academy and the Ray Miller Institute for Change and Leadership. He also is the

founder and publisher of the Columbus African American News Journal.

Inside government, as a member of the
Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, Mr.
Miller served 15 years in the Ohio
House of Representatives (1983-1993

and 1999-2002) and eight years in the
Ohio Senate (2003-2010). His work

established the Ohio Department of
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services,
the Ohio Commission on Minority
Health and the Institute for Urban

Education at Central State University.
He also sponsored legislation that led

to the nation’s first state-level funding
for Head Start programs.

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