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With Orma Bradford Smith '91 at reunion 2022

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Drew Miller and Orma Bradford at reunion

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2010 President's Award for Excellence Recipient

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2010 President's Award for Excellence Recipient

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Drew Miller Recieves 2010 President's Award for Excellence

Listening to Drew Miller talk about Cranbrook would make anyone want to attend school here. His enthusiasm, affection and belief in the Cranbrook experience are so genuine that he can't help but smile when he talks about it.

As Director of Admission, he has seen many changes in his 16 years. The pool of younger-aged school children is smaller and more students are applying to the upper schools, a reverse of what was more common when he started at Cranbrook. But it's that type of change, and the diversity of the student experience at Cranbrook, that keeps him enthused. "At Cranbrook you get to work with kids ages 3 to 18, which is really challenging and really exciting! I can't imagine doing this job at a school where you are working to fill certain grade levels," he says. He gives credit to the Schools for giving his position more than just a "fill the seats" authority, instead allowing the Admission Office to have a true impact on the meaning and quality of each student's Cranbrook experience.

"It comes down to the Community," he says. "There are great people here who love the place, believe in the mission and don't take it lightly or for granted. Cranbrook may be the only place in their educational experience where students are among teachers who genuinely care about and challenge them," he says. Drew believes the Cranbrook experience gives students an opportunity to grow and express themselves, which produces a different kind of student and ultimately makes his job a little easier. "In some places, learning is the challenge. Here, challenge is learning. Cranbrook lives up to its billing. It's the real deal," Drew says.

Drew and his wife Nancy live on campus. They have two sons, both Cranbrook grads.

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Drew Miller Presidents Award for Excellence

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Bretnall Award Winner - Given each year to a leader and educator who has made significant contributions to the field of admission

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Bretnall Award Winner - Given each year to a leader and educator who has made significant contributions to the field of admission

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Drew Miller's enrollment management expertise stems from admission and financial aid experience at Avon Old Farms School, Saint James School, and most recently, Cranbrook Schools, where he has been the Chief Enrollment Officer since 2001.

His experiences in the corporate world and independent school admission have enabled Drew to develop, test, and implement comprehensive enrollment and financial aid strategies. His most recent work at Cranbrook Schools is his most successful. He has led a twelve-person admission team through metropolitan Detroit's most challenging economic and demographic times.

Drew is well known and respected in independent school admission and financial aid for his deep knowledge of enrollment management strategies and practices. Mentoring many admission colleagues, Drew is committed to raising the level of professionalism in the field.

He has served as a board member of the Association of Independent School Admission Professionals and The Association of Boarding Schools , where he chaired the Marketing Committee. Drew served on the Task Force of NAIS' School and Student Services and as a faculty member of the Enrollment Management Association's Admission Training Institute. He is a co-author of the admission section of NAIS's guidebook to Principles of Good Practice, published in 2007.

Drew holds a BA from Hamilton College and a Master's degree in Educational Administration from the University of Hartford. Both of his children are Cranbrook Schools graduates.