About
Bethany Miller is the Vice President for Planning, Learning, and Impact. In this role, she oversees a team responsible for making Ascendium a best-in-class learning organization and investing in research and evaluation that produces credible, useful, and relevant knowledge in support of systemic change. She joined the organization in 2020.
Previously, she served as a senior program officer on the education team at The Kresge Foundation and led evaluation and research at Helios Education Foundation. She has also held positions with MDRC and The American Council on Education. Outside of Ascendium, Bethany spent the last six years on the board of Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness and continues to support the field’s use of rigorous and relevant evidence through participation on key advisory groups.
A first-generation college student, she earned a master’s degree in public affairs from Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree in history and Italian studies from Smith College.
