Erin Garcia Miller Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Richmond, California, United States

I'm excited to utilize my networking and relationship building skills to share the story of the RYSE Youth Center in my hometown area. The RYSE Center is a resilience hub in a tough neighborhood. It provides a safe space for young people to express themselves, try new things, and collaborate with adults that care about them. I will be spearheading fun, engaging, and thoughtful events for donors who want to uplift our youth and be better allies in our community.

At 3 Day Startup, we provided entrepreneurship education that is dynamic and inclusive. My role was to create an inclusive community that is represented through our team, mentors, facilitators, Board of Directors, Fellows, and event/program participants. This was possible through analyzing and sharing qualitative feedback through wrap-up reports and social media. My team's goal was to provide our services to underrepresented groups to empower a diverse next generation of entrepreneurial thinkers.

My team empowers aspiring and driven entrepreneurs around the world! As the Associate Director of Community, I make sure past participants stay engaged with and supported by 3 Day Startup even after their program concludes. I ensure that partners and potential partners stay up to date with our current and new programs so that they know their contribution is being put to action. Here's more of what I do at 3 Day Startup: -Direct editorial content (e-mail and social media marketing) -Create and manage social space servers (hosted on Slack)-Engage partner organizations for media spotlights

I facilitated Entrepreneurial Foundations, which introduces principles of entrepreneurship and innovation (design thinking, lean methodology, and agile mindset) through experiential learning & reflection. Students work to identify opportunities for new ventures, understand customer needs, design solutions, and pitch viable business concepts that demonstrate strong problem-solution fit and the potential for both impact and profit.

Austin, Texas, United States

Led and produced (3) virtual programs and summits, with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) with an audience range of 50-300 attendees per summit. Summit themes supported LGBTQ+, Women, and Black professionals in technology. Coordinated 10-20 speakers to populate a strategic run of show (panels, fireside chats, keynotes, round tables, investment challenges, startup showcases, etc.), event logistics, and marketing for each full-day summit.Managed sponsors per each event, including execution on deliverables associated with each sponsorship. Sponsors have included Accenture, Expedia Group, Amazon Web Services, Google for Startups, and Baker Botts LLP.

Austin, Texas Area

Facilitated meaningful connections between corporate giants and quick-moving tech startups for innovative projects, deal flow, and collaborative conversations.Coordinated, designed, and moderated roundtables and summits within these themes:-Appropriate Use of AI-Future of Mobility-Defense Innovation-Industry 4.0Companies within the Capital Innovation Council included: Amazon Web Services, BAE Systems, Booz Allen, Cisco, Deloitte, Exxon Mobil, IBM, and Microsoft.

Austin, Texas Area

After starting out at CF as a community engagement assistant, I've transferred my role into the EmTech sector. Here I'm creating and distributing engaging content and events on behalf of Capital Factory. This includes the production of events, podcasts, videos, and photos, etc. used to market Emerging Technologies thought leadership at Capital Factory. My goal at Capital Factory is to run an accessible space for people to ask questions and receive resources on how to grow, learn, share, connect, on everything emerging tech. Personally, this position will allow me to do what I do best, which is content creation with audio and video. It allows me to become more grounded in Capital Factory's community, the city of Austin, and in the EmTech industry.

Austin, Texas Area

Creating immersive and engaging experiences like internal happy hours and VR competitions to the Capital Factory community, partners, and staff.

Currently by contract, I make shareable content about people with game-changing ideas. After graduating from Syracuse University, I raised $15,000 to purchase and renovate an old school bus into a mobile studio. My two founders and I traveled across the country for an entire year making movies about entrepreneurs to help them with their growth and narrative storytelling. Check out our digital nomad movement at otpros.coAfter a year on the road, my founders and I decided to park in Syracuse, NY where we got our initial start. We took a year to give back to the community by co-producing a short film called "No Nuts." Locally casted and crewed, "No Nuts" is a romantic comedy that takes place at a summer camp for kids with peanut allergies. "No Nuts" stars 11 Syracuse youth who went through a 2-day workshop to learn about character development, current issues in the film industry, and how they could identify and amplify their individual voices on and off film. As a co-producer of "No Nuts" I was part of a team of 4 executive level women who raised $20,000 for the production of the short film. "No Nuts” is now streaming on Amazon Prime.My most recent film is called "Zoe and Hanh," and it is about a young woman caught in a lie by her suspicious mom. With tensions already high from recently losing a loved one, their relationship unhinges. "Zoe and Hanh" was selected for the SXSW 2020 Film Festival and was a Staff Pick on Vimeo.

Syracuse, New York Area

As an alumni of the program, I was responsible for student recruitment for the Information Technology, Design, and Startups Minor and the programs/classes within it. Over the course of a year, I recruited 20 students to register as IDS minors. I also filled IDS classes to their maximum capacity (40 students) for following semesters.I also worked closely with Julie Walas, Director of Student and Alumni Engagement, to facilitate experiential learning programs known as Immersion Experiences. On these programs, a select cohort of 20 students visit emerging business ecosystems all over the world including Silicon Valley and San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Chicago, New York City, and most recently Dublin, Ireland.I was honored to run the application process, notify accepted students, facilitate orientation classes, and chaperone visits in select locations.

Syracuse, Ny

The StartFast Venture Accelerator is largest venture capital fund in Upstate New York. Five technology companies from around the world are selected for $25,000 of seed funding. My job was to document the growth of the teams, concepts, and innovations over the course of 12 weeks. Each week I sat down with a founding member of a StartFast company and asked them how they had grown throughout the week. Their responses were edited into a digestible weekly video blog which was posted on YouTube and sent out in the weekly newsletter.

Syracuse, New York Area

This was my first job at a startup! The CEO Nick Nickitas did a guest lecture at Syracuse University and I asked him if he offered internships and he said, "No, but we're hiring!" That was that. RosieApp amplifies small independent grocers by giving them an online shopping and home delivery option. In Syracuse, this was especially important because access to fresh food was pretty difficult, resulting in food deserts across the city. RosieApp addressed this problem and I was stoked to be a part of it.For 9 months I handled marketing strategy in the Syracuse area, social media content creation, and local brand awareness.

Bachelor'S Degree, Advertising

Activities and Societies: Sour Sitrus Society, Creativity Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) Learning Community

Minor, Spanish Language And Literature

Studied abroad in: -Cuenca, Ecuador -Montevideo, Uruguay -Buenos Aires, Argentina -Santiago, Chile

Minor, Information Technology, Design, And Startups

Credit hours built into the curriculum to start a business. This is where Out There Productions was born and nurtured.