Frederick A. Miller

Fred is the CEO of The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc. He is an OD Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, named a Pioneer of Diversity by Profiles in Diversity Journal, and received the Forum on Workplace Inclusion’s Winds of Change award. In 2018, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from The Sage Colleges. Co-author of five books and numerous articles, he is a past member of the Board of Directors of ATD, OD Network, NTL Institute, and Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc.; he currently serves on the board of Day & Zimmermann.

The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc. was founded in 1970 by Kaleel Jamison (1931 - 1985). It is the oldest Organization Development (OD) firm and the oldest firm that has as a core competency inclusion, leveraging diversity and culture change. In 1993 KJCG coined the use of inclusion as a core concept for organization cultures.

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Below are some highlights of Fred’s career, click here to view Fred’s full CV.

Recognitions

  • Honored as one of the Legends of Diversity by the International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals (2012)

  • Named as one of 40 Pioneers of Diversity by Profiles in Diversity Journal (August/September 2007)

  • Noted as one of the forerunners of corporate change in The Age of Heretics (1996, Currency Doubleday)

Awards

Fred receiving the NAACP Berkshire W. E. B. Du Bois Freedom Fund Award in 2023

  • NAACP Berkshires W. E. B. Du Bois Award (2023)

  • Downtown Troy BID Sammy Spirit Award (2020)

  • OD Network Outstanding Article in OD Practitioner (2019)

  • The Forum on Workplace Inclusion’s Winds of Change Award (2018)

  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, The Sage Colleges (2017)

  • OD Network Outstanding Article in OD Practitioner (2015)

  • ISDIP Legends of Diversity (2012)

  • Asia-Pacific HRM Congress HR Leadership Award (2008)

  • OD Network Lifetime Achievement Award (2007)

  • Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)

  • Capital District Business Review Small Business Person of the Year Award (2006)

  • Hudson-Mohawk ASTD’s Independent Entrepreneurial Training & Development Professional of the Year (2002)

  • First recipient of the OD Network’s Outstanding Service Award (1999), which is now named after him

Faculty Positions

  • Adjunct Professor, American University/NTL (2008)

Board Memberships

  • Hudson Partners Advisory Board (2016-present)

  • Pinchot (formerly Bainbridge Graduate Institute) (2011-2017)

  • Center for Automated Technology Systems at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2011-present)

  • One World Everybody Eats Foundation (2008-2019), named Emeritus Board Member, 2019

  • The Sage Colleges (2005-2017)

  • Day & Zimmermann (2004-present)

  • Historic Troy 2020 (1999-present)

  • Seton Health Foundation of Seton Health Systems (1997-2014)

  • World Education, Inc. (2000-2011)

  • Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. (1992-2000)

  • Association for Talent Development—formerly ASTD (1999-2001)

  • Organization Development Network (1986-1994)

  • NTL Institute (1977-1985)

Books

  • Change Champions: A Dialogic Approach to Creating an Inclusive Culture (with co-authors J. H. Katz and M. E. Biggs, 2022, BMI Publishing)

  • Safe Enough to Soar: Accelerating Trust, Inclusion, and Collaboration in the Workplace (with co-author J. H. Katz, 2018, Berrett-Koehler)

  • Opening Doors to Teamwork and Collaboration: 4 Keys that Change EVERYTHING (with co-author J. H. Katz, 2013, Berrett-Koehler)

  • Be BIG: Step Up, Step Out, Be Bold (with co-author J. H. Katz, 2008, Berrett-Koehler)

  • The Inclusion Breakthrough: Unleashing the Real Power of Diversity (with co-author J. H. Katz, 2002, Berrett-Koehler)

  • The Promise of Diversity (managing editor; with co-editors E. Y. Cross, J. H. Katz, and E. W. Seashore, 1994, Irwin Professional Publishing)