FOUNDER

Dr. Janathin Miller

  Dr. Miller is the founder and CEO of the Minnow Lake Foundation, Inc., a 501(c) (3) with the mission of building and reinforcing relationships within families at risk through structured camping programs.  Her camping programs are so well received today that 41% of her volunteers are prior camp participants.

As a child in New York, Dr. Miller attended summer camps and realized the positive impact camping has on children and their families.  It was always her goal to create a camp program that would reinforce the family unit and strengthen ties between families and friends from diverse cultural backgrounds.  In 1984, when she was finished with her schooling and financially able, she created Camp Minnow Lake.  In 1993, she facilitated the incorporation of The Minnow Lake Foundation as a 501C3 Charitable Organization in California and continued to follow her dream 

Dr. Miller was the founder of a number of engineering and technical training firms from 1975 to 2006.  These included Miller and Associates, Instructional Media, Inc., Training Technology Associates, Access Research Engineering, Inc., and Antin Engineering Inc.

Each of these firms, with the exception of Antin Engineering, was merged or acquired by organizations involved in related government contracting, DOD/Aerospace and Telecommunication Industries.  Dr. Miller sold Antin Engineering to System Technologies in 2005 in order to provide the ability to expand Antin’s Homeland Security/DOD business baseline.

Dr. Miller is on the faculty at Cornell University and was instrumental in the development of the PEP (Personal Enterprise Program) curriculum for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering and Information Technologies.  She is also responsible for the development of the innovative program in Entrepreneurship and Technology that is currently accredited in the California State University System.  This program is designed to guide veterans and their families through the processes and procedures of starting their own businesses.

Dr. Miller has worked in the government contracting business for 33 years, having been based both in San Diego and in Washington, DC.  She holds four formal academic degrees in management and technical disciplines, including a PhD in Systems Management from Cornell University.  As a civilian, she attended Naval Post Graduate School where she also taught.  Dr. Miller holds teaching credentials for higher education in New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and California.  She is a University Founder, Faculty and Board Member at California State University San Marcos.

STAFF

Polly Doyle

CAMP DIRECTOR

  Polly Doyle has been an entrepreneur in Private Industry for the last thirty three years.  She has a Presidential Citation for her service as Chairperson to the Private Industry Council in Santa Cruz County, California “in recognition of exemplary service to the nation in advancing job opportunities in the business sector for disadvantaged citizens and needy youth.”

For the last twenty three years, Mrs. Doyle has produced events at camps and conference centers throughout California.  She is responsible for acquiring ACA (American Camp Association) Accreditation Status for both the Camp Minnow Lake program and the site that housed it.  She has managed or facilitated camp programs that vary from dealing with families with children with terminal cancer to structuring educational programs in theater, art and music.  

Mrs. Doyle has a passion for camping because of her own experiences at summer camps during her childhood years in Virginia.  She attests to the positive affect those experiences had on her personal development with regard to self esteem, self confidence, team playing, camaraderie and a sense of responsibility.

Mrs. Doyle, who is an adjunct College Professor, holds a BA in English Literature from the George Washington University and an MA in Organizational Management from UOP.  She is currently working on a Doctoral Degree in Management at UOP.