Therese M. Miller Therese Miller is the owner and principal consultant of Horizon Partners, a firm specializing in assessment, training, facilitation, and development of organizations ability to envision and implement positive change.

Therese is a tested and proven human resources practitioner with comprehensive experience as a strategic member of corporate leadership teams. She has a strong, results-oriented business perspective developed through corporate and field positions in several industries. She is the former Vice President of Human Resources for The JPM Company where she led the development and implementation of an integrated human resources strategy for this newly global electronics assembly company. Prior to working with JPM, Therese grew up in the Human Resources function over twenty years with a major telecommunications company and two well-respected manufacturing companies.

Therese holds an MBA with a concentration in Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in Business Administration from California State University, Stanislaus. She is a co-owner of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting, and a member of the Institute of Management Consultants, the Society for Human Resource Management, the American Society for Training & Development, the Association for Conflict Resolution, and the Organization Development Network. She is an adjunct faculty member of the School of Business and Computer Technology at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. Therese also serves on the Executive Committees of the Central Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board, Susquehanna Valley Women in Transition, and is a member of the Perkins Participatory Planning Committee at Penn College.

Therese prides herself on being a practical visionary with the ability to conceptualize, plan and implement effective and profitable organization change. She is a team player who easily establishes rapport and credibility with diverse groups ranging from company officers to union officers. She excels at situation analysis and innovative problem resolution. Her approach and interventions are based on sound judgment, a complete technical grounding and an understanding of impact on business results and opportunities.

She is also extremely proud of her vegetable gardening skills, which she practices regularly at the break of dawn most mornings when she is not in some exotic airport lounge or hotel. Therese resides and gardens on Dancing Bear Farm in central Pennsylvania.


Employment History

The JPM Company (1998 2001)
Vice President Human Resources

Tele-Communications, Inc. (1995 1997)
Corporate Director, Human Resource Field Operations Director Human Resources West Division

FMC Corporation (1987 1995)
Compensation Manager United Defense, L.P.
Internal Consultant, Reward Systems Western Region
Compensation & Benefits Manager Ground Systems Division
Manufacturing Human Resources Manager Ground Systems Division
Human Resources Manager Citrus Machinery Division

Tri Valley Growers (1974 1984)
Human Resources Manager
various Human Resources positions