Annie Miller serves as the Associate Dean, at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs. She is also an assistant teaching professor, was the Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration faculty program director, and leads Collaborative Management Consulting LLC. She is a co-PI for the Colorado Project to Comprehensively Combat Human Trafficking with the Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking. Her scholarship focuses on the effectiveness of networks and collaborations seeking to combat human trafficking and prevent targeted violence. She leads efforts aimed at improving nonprofit management and increasing capacity across networks and systems to end wicked problems. Her research and community-based efforts focus on supporting communities to reduce hate, discrimination, bias and identity-based violence by enhancing protective factors locally and globally. Dr. Miller holds master’s degrees in Higher Education Administration and Political Science, and a doctorate in Public Affairs from the University of Colorado Denver. She was born and raised in southwest Colorado and in past lives was a high school football, swimming, and youth soccer coach, whitewater raft guide, and beertender at a local Denver brewery.