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Dr. Clarence G. Miller was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and is the youngest of four brothers and two sisters. At the age of 10, he moved with his family from the segregated South to a more inclusive community in Long Island, New York where he attended and graduated from elementary and high schools. He graduated from the State University of New York, Plattsburgh with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in History. While there he captained the basketball and track teams his junior and senior years, chaired the Black Student Union and co-authored the proposal (Project New City) for the school’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP). Upon graduation, he accepted the position as Founding Director of the EOP at Plattsburgh State University. He later graduated from City University of New York, Queens College with a Masters of Science (M.S.) degree in Counseling Psychology and the University of Texas with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Educational Administration. While attending Texas, he founded the Tutoring for Reading Improvement Math Achievement and Counseling Services (TRI-MAC) non-profit organization to provide academic, social and emotional support to African American students as they integrated the Austin Independent School District.

Shortly after meeting his future wife, he relocated to Los Angeles, California and began a career in telecommunications with Pacific Bell (AT&T) where he led high performing teams in publishing, sales and government affairs. In 1995, he retired from Pacific Bell and began a career leading public secondary schools in Long Beach, California and later Houston, Texas. He retired from the Texas Public School System in 2010 and moved back to Los Angeles. However, his retirement lasted only one year and in 2011 Clarence began leading the development of a charter high school (Cindy and Bill Simon Technology Academy) in the Watts area of Los Angeles with The Alliance for College Ready Public Schools, in 2016, Simon Technology Academy was recognized by Newsweek as one of the top high schools in America. He retired on July 1, 2016.

His memberships have included Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (The Boule), 100 Black Men of Los Angeles, Wescom Credit Union Board of Directors, Crenshaw Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce, Inglewood Chamber of Commerce, West Angeles Church of God in Christ, Mount St. Joseph Grand Lodge A.F.A.M. and the Texas Council for the Preparation of Personnel for the Handicapped.

Clarence currently lives in Frisco, Texas with his wife of 37 years, Patricia Howell Miller and is the father of Jeremy Miller of San Antonio, Texas and Cameron Miller of Fayetteville, Arkansas.