Author, speaker, and conference favorite Will Miller explores the barriers that keep community from optimum growth—and the tools needed to overcome them. With his unique blend of humor and insight, youŽll discover how hearts get wounded and how community is necessary to heal them.

Dr. Will Miller is from New York City and is an ordained minister, a hospital and police chaplain, and a psychotherapist. He has worked in community mental health centers and drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. Will has served as a spokesman for the National Institute of Mental Health. He is one of the country's foremost media and popular culture analysts, and has been profiled on NBC's Dateline and in People Magazine.

Simultaneously, for 16 years, Will had a successful career as a stand-up comedian, opening for Aretha Franklin and hosting Nick-At-Nite. Currently, Dr. Miller is a therapist and campus minister at Purdue University where he lectures on media effects. He holds a Masters Degree and a Doctorate in Urban Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Masters in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University.

Will's books include Why We Watch: Killing The Gilligan Within; and Refrigerator Rights.