Tony Miller is founder and Managing Partner of Excolere Equity Partners, a private equity firm that invests to accelerate the growth and enhance the impact of mid-sized companies in the education and human capital management sector. Previously, Mr. Miller was a Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer of The Vistria Group, a private equity firm that he co-founded in 2013, focused on the education, healthcare, and financial services industries. 

From 2009 to 2013, Mr. Miller was the Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer at the U.S. Department of Education. In his role, Mr. Miller oversaw day-to-day operations for a broad range of management, policy, and program functions, spanning early childhood through post-secondary and career and technical education.  Mr. Miller was also responsible for overseeing $100 billion in one-time education program funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In addition to his operational responsibilities, Mr. Miller led the U.S. Government’s education and workforce development missions to China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Ecuador, Brazil, Suriname and Russia.

Prior to his Presidential Appointment, Mr. Miller was a Director with Silver Lake Partners, a global leader in technology investing, where he helped launch the firm’s Value Creation Team as an operating partner.  Before Silver Lake, Mr. Miller was one of the two top executives at LRN, a leader in providing governance, risk, ethics and compliance software and eLearning services to Fortune 1000 enterprises. Before taking on an operating executive role, Mr. Miller was a Partner with McKinsey & Company, serving healthcare and technology companies throughout the United States and in Europe, and Asia.

Mr. Miller holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business where he completed his studies at Stanford’s Japan Center for Technology and Innovation and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.

In addition to serving on the Board of the ACT Inc., Mr. Miller currently serves on the boards of Criteria – a leading provider of web-based pre-employment testing services; GoGuardian – a leading education technology SaaS provider that powers K-12 personalized learning and enhances student safety; and University of Phoenix – a leading provider of career-relevant higher education degree programs for working adults.  Mr. Miller also serves on the boards of the Chicago Public Education Fund, a nonprofit organization working to build a critical mass of great public schools in Chicago; and Hope Street Group – a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding economic opportunity and prosperity for all Americans.