Global director for corporate citizenship at Dow Chemical Co. to speak

KALAMAZOO—A top-ranking executive of a major chemical company will present his view of global citizenship when he speaks this month at Western Michigan University.

Bo Miller, global director for corporate citizenship at The Dow Chemical Company and president and executive director of The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, will speak on global citizenship and promoting sustainability and globally responsible citizenry at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in 2150 Schneider Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Bo Miller

Joining Dow in 1978, Miller held a variety of sales, marketing and business management roles before assuming responsibility for biotechnology public issues in 2001. He moved to his current role in July 2004. Miller's responsibilities include identifying and proactively addressing corporate citizenship issues and trends, and developing and implementing global corporate citizenship strategies.

Miller serves on a variety of boards and advisory committees, including the Contributions Council of the Conference Board, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce advisory board for the Business Civic Leadership Center and the Center for Responsible Business at the University of California at Berkeley. He is also the director of corporate and community affairs for the Great Lakes Bay Region and State of Michigan. Miller holds his bachelor’s degree in industrial marketing from WMU and is a 2013 WMU Department of Marketing Hall of Fame award recipient.

For more information, contact the Haworth College of Business at (269) 387-5860.