American Indian College Fund
Tamela Miller-Carlson's work experience includes serving as the Chief Financial and Operations Officer at the American Indian College Fund since 2002. In this role, they are responsible for the organization's growth, strategic visioning, operations management, budgeting, and achieving measurable objectives. Tamela directly leads teams in finance, IT, public awareness, human resources, and data services. Prior to this, they led the annual giving program, major gifts team, special events, and sponsored program management at the organization.
Before joining the American Indian College Fund, Tamela was the Controller at the same organization, where they oversaw all financial operations and implemented accounting software conversion, leading to operational efficiencies and reducing the finance team size.
Tamela also has experience as the Founding Principal and owner of T.A. Miller, P.C., a CPA firm specializing in audit, small business consulting, and special projects from 1996 to 2002. Prior to that, they worked at Yale & Seffiger as an Audit Manager from 1991 to 1996 and at Laventhol & Horwath as an Audit Senior from 1988 to 1991, where they conducted independent audit fieldwork and led fieldwork teams for clients in various industries.
Overall, Tamela Miller-Carlson's experience includes finance operations, strategic leadership, audit management, and small business consulting.
Tamela Miller-Carlson obtained a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Colorado Boulder, completing their studies from 1984 to 1987.
American Indian College Fund
The American Indian College Fund invests in Native students and tribal college education to transform lives and communities. We have one unwavering purpose – increasing the number of American Indians who hold college degrees. Currently only 14% of American Indians have a college degree – less than half the national average. Every year, we empower more than 4,000 American Indian students to start and stay in school, complete their degrees and launch careers that benefit us all. We have provided more than 143,281 scholarships and $237.1 million to support American Indian communities. The Fund also provides support for tribal college needs ranging from capital support to cultural preservation activities. We are the nation’s largest and highest-rated American Indian nonprofit organization changing the face of higher education today – one American Indian at a time. We provide more scholarships to American Indians than anyone else, and we’re the only organization that enhances this individualized financial support by funding accredited, tribally controlled colleges and universities and contributing to programs that ensure student success – starting before the first day of preschool and continuing beyond students’ first day of their first career job.