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Louis R. “Skip” Miller

By Jessica L. Tonn — January 04, 2005 1 min read
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Louis R. "Skip" Miller

Louis R. “Skip” Miller was recently elected the chairman of the board of DARE America, a national drug-abuse-prevention program for students. He replaces Ron Burkle, who served as chairman for the past nine years.

Mr. Miller, 57, is a founding partner of the Los Angeles law firm Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil and Shapiro. He has served on DARE’s board since 1996.

The Los Angeles-based Drug Abuse Resistance Education program is taught in nearly 80 percent of American school districts.

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A version of this article appeared in the January 05, 2005 edition of Education Week

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