Tate Miller

Dean, Advising, Career, and Student Services

Biography

In addition to prior posts as Assistant Dean and Senior Lecturer at the Monterey Institute, Tate served as a professor at Shandong University and lectured at Beijing University in China. Although currently serving as Dean of Advising, Career and Student Services, he is frequently invited to lecture in various classes across the campus. Throughout his career, he has engaged in a number of entrepreneurial pursuits and interests, as well as held key positions in joint venture management and market development, consultant to private companies and governments, and chairman of a key U.S. industry association. He continues to be involved in the private sector dealing with a wide range of trade and business development issues in Asia and the United States.

Although just recently appointed as Dean of Advising, Career and Student Services, his most recent work at the Monterey Institute included serving as the Director of International Program Development. In 2007-08 while living in China, he performed trade policy work in the United States Export Strategy Program administered by the American Forest and Trade Association. In this capacity, Tate was in charge of all trade policy work in China for AF&PA members, and conducted the advocacy and lobbying work with Chinese and industry officials in support of American forest and forestry products sectors.