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Regina Miller is an award-winning entrepreneur in Wichita, Kansas with 45 years of early childhood experience and over 35 years of leadership and management experience as the owner of both Trailblazers Academy and R. Miller Consulting LLC. As an educator for the youngest of learners, Miller and her team at Trailblazers Academy have created a full library dedicated in honor of Helen Miller-Umenyi, fulfilling her vision of fostering literacy enrichment opportunities for students.

Miller’s mission is to serve God with whom she has been entrusted with dignity and excellence which aligns with the mission of Friends University where she currently serves as a member of the Friends University Board of Trustees. Miller is also an active member of the National Child Care Association, the Greater YMCA board, the Wichita School District 259 advisory board for early childhood education and previously served 20 years as an advisor on the Butler Community College Early Childhood Education board.

She and her husband, Jesse, reside in Wichita and are the proud parents of two adult children, a daughter-in-law and one granddaughter. She is a graduate of Butler Community College and holds associate degrees in both early childhood education and general studies.