Ken Millian brings over forty years of government and corporate experience in strategic issue management to his consulting practice. His areas of special expertise include government relations, business-labor relations and environmental coalition development. Millian Byers Associates LLC also provides political and economic risk analysis on countries in Asia and Latin America.

Mr. Millian has served on the Board of Governors of Wesley Theological Seminary since 1988, including four years as chair. He is a senior member of the Carlton Club in Washington, D.C.

Previously, as corporate vice president of W.R. Grace & Co., Mr. Millian handled environmental policy. He designed and directed a successful public policy program to educate decision-makers on a key health/risk issue at the state and national levels; this entailed organizing two coalitions and securing congressional support.

Earlier, as corporate vice-president and director of Grace's Government Relations Division, Mr. Millian served on the International Trade and Government Relations committees of the Chemical Manufacturers Association, and on a major Commerce Department Advisory Committee. During this period, he also served as president of the Foundation for the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission), as chair of an association of building-products companies, and as a director of both the National Foreign Trade Council and the U.S. Council for International Business.

Before joining W.R. Grace & Co., Mr. Millian spent 25 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, holding senior management positions in Asia and Latin America. Early in his government service, he was actively involved with international organizations on labor and political party issues.

Mr. Millian holds a B.A. in Political Science/History from the University of Maryland, an M.A. in International Relations from George Washington University and an M.S. in Business Policy from Columbia University. He is a graduate of the National War College.