Adam Miller comes to Penn State after spending two years as the senior associate athletics director for development at Boston College. During his time at BC, Miller was instrumental in fundraising more than $84 million to assist in completing 11 capital projects, as well as providing additional scholarship and financial aid support for student-athletes.
Miller will oversee the Nittany Lion Club's development efforts, as well as ticket sales and services, revenue strategy and new business development. He will also be responsible for the All Sports Museum, facility rentals, data analytics and event parking.
Prior to his time at Boston College, Miller served in a similar capacity at Temple where he served on the executive team, which oversaw the university’s 150-person institutional advancement staff. The staff raised more than $107 million dollars during the 2020 fiscal year.
An innovative athletics development leader, Miller and his Owl Club team achieved the most successful fundraising year in Temple Athletics history: increasing annual giving by nearly 25%; increasing the number of donors at the top three levels of giving by 58%; and raising close to $300,000 for the athletics department on “Temple Toast” - the university’s day of giving. He also served as the American Athletic Conference’s representative to the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD).
Miller also spent three years as the associate athletics director for development at Memphis where he helped lead the charge for a development team that raised more than $50 million in two years and completed a $40 million “Time to Shine” capital campaign for athletics.
In his role as the leader of the Tiger Scholarship Fund, Miller guided his team to the most successful fundraising year in the fund’s history, raising $15 million in annual gifts over a two-year period. He also created the “Sponsor a Student-Athlete” initiative, which generated #1.3 million, and launched the Tigers’ #NextStep initiative, which produced $600,000 in additional gifts from existing donors.
As the associate athletics director for development at Wisconsin-Green Bay from 2014-16, Miller was responsible for the two most successful fundraising years in program history. He oversaw fundraising efforts which helped complete a nearly $5 million outdoor athletics facilities campaign and increased annual giving by 37% to the Phoenix Fund.
Miller started his career at his alma mater, Florida Southern College, serving as the director of development for both the athletics department and Barney Barnett School of Business.
As a baseball student-athlete at Florida Southern, Miller earned a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in both his undergraduate and graduate studies. He was named the Florida Southern Most Outstanding Scholar Athlete in 2009 and earned the Scholar Athlete Award for baseball in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Miller graduated from Florida Southern in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He also earned his master’s in business administration from FSC in 2011.
Miller and his wife, Kristin, have a daughter, Ellie.
Miller will oversee the Nittany Lion Club's development efforts, as well as ticket sales and services, revenue strategy and new business development. He will also be responsible for the All Sports Museum, facility rentals, data analytics and event parking.
Prior to his time at Boston College, Miller served in a similar capacity at Temple where he served on the executive team, which oversaw the university’s 150-person institutional advancement staff. The staff raised more than $107 million dollars during the 2020 fiscal year.
An innovative athletics development leader, Miller and his Owl Club team achieved the most successful fundraising year in Temple Athletics history: increasing annual giving by nearly 25%; increasing the number of donors at the top three levels of giving by 58%; and raising close to $300,000 for the athletics department on “Temple Toast” - the university’s day of giving. He also served as the American Athletic Conference’s representative to the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD).
Miller also spent three years as the associate athletics director for development at Memphis where he helped lead the charge for a development team that raised more than $50 million in two years and completed a $40 million “Time to Shine” capital campaign for athletics.
In his role as the leader of the Tiger Scholarship Fund, Miller guided his team to the most successful fundraising year in the fund’s history, raising $15 million in annual gifts over a two-year period. He also created the “Sponsor a Student-Athlete” initiative, which generated #1.3 million, and launched the Tigers’ #NextStep initiative, which produced $600,000 in additional gifts from existing donors.
As the associate athletics director for development at Wisconsin-Green Bay from 2014-16, Miller was responsible for the two most successful fundraising years in program history. He oversaw fundraising efforts which helped complete a nearly $5 million outdoor athletics facilities campaign and increased annual giving by 37% to the Phoenix Fund.
Miller started his career at his alma mater, Florida Southern College, serving as the director of development for both the athletics department and Barney Barnett School of Business.
As a baseball student-athlete at Florida Southern, Miller earned a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in both his undergraduate and graduate studies. He was named the Florida Southern Most Outstanding Scholar Athlete in 2009 and earned the Scholar Athlete Award for baseball in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Miller graduated from Florida Southern in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He also earned his master’s in business administration from FSC in 2011.
Miller and his wife, Kristin, have a daughter, Ellie.