Life as an Emerald Shellback aboard the M.V. Explorer (2007 - 2011)
COURTNEY MILLER is internationally recognized as a digital literacy expert, who leverages her academic background to build authentic partnerships and empower learners with the skills that they need to be successful in the 21st century. She earned the nickname 'captain' after living and teaching on a ship that traveled around the world, deepening her core values of empathy, diversity and making meaningful connections. She is driving education strategy at Adobe, managing some of their largest education partnerships and further serving as an Adobe Digital Literacy Thought Leader.
Prior to joining Adobe, she launched a successful start-up within a Tier 1 private research institution that has received critical acclaim. She previously served as the Director of Digital Learning Initiatives at the top-ranked USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Her leadership included the creation and direction of a cutting-edge digital makerspace, an Adobe Certification Center that offers over 15 courses and 500 Adobe Certified Associate exams a year, and an innovative approach to product implementation that now has 86% of all Annenberg students using the Adobe Creative Cloud. In addition to her leadership role, she also taught courses and spearheaded a major curriculum overhaul.
Prior to joining Adobe, she launched a successful start-up within a Tier 1 private research institution that has received critical acclaim. She previously served as the Director of Digital Learning Initiatives at the top-ranked USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Her leadership included the creation and direction of a cutting-edge digital makerspace, an Adobe Certification Center that offers over 15 courses and 500 Adobe Certified Associate exams a year, and an innovative approach to product implementation that now has 86% of all Annenberg students using the Adobe Creative Cloud. In addition to her leadership role, she also taught courses and spearheaded a major curriculum overhaul.
She began her career working in entertainment, where she spent two years as a Field Producer for Oprah’s Oxygen Television Network, shooting documentaries for their primetime news magazine show including coverage of the Emmys and Oscars. She has further produced hundreds of events throughout Southern California with world-renown artists including Yo Yo Ma and John Williams, and also worked in audio for the inventor of THX sound.
Her ideas and overall approach to leadership has been largely informed by her international portfolio, with professional and personal travel to over 70 countries. As a former professor on the Semester at Sea study abroad program, she taught journalism courses, restructured and directed the shipboard multimedia department, and led students on service learning projects around the world. She holds a B.A. in Cinema-Television and an MFA in Writing from the University of Southern California, and is an avid cyclist, certified Kundalini yoga/meditation teacher and has never met a spa that she doesn't like.
Meditation Instructor
Premiere Pro
In Design
Photoshop
