Jeff Milchen
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Jeff Milchen is a non-profit entrepreneur, writer and speaker best known as an advocate for independent businesses, community economic vitality and representative democracy. He is a co-founder of the American Independent Business Alliance
(AMIBA), where he is the organization's most frequent public speaker. Milchen frequently facilitates trainings for communities organizing Independent Business Alliance
s, "buy local" campaigns, pro-local policy and other programs to enhance local economic development based on local entrepreneurs.
Independent Business Alliances are based on a model Milchen pioneered in Boulder, Colorado in 1997 with the Boulder Independent Business Alliance. Milchen also served as executive director of ReclaimDemocracy.org, a group focused on revoking corporate control over law and politics and revitalizing grassroots democracy. Additionally, he is a co-founder of the Citizens' Debate Commission
.
Milchen speaks frequently around the country on issues addressed by those organizations and writes periodically for a wide range of publications, including The Washington Post
, Chicago Tribune
, Business Week, Christian Science Monitor, The Ecologist
, Inc. magazine, Adbusters
and many others. He resides in Bozeman, Montana.
American Independent Business Alliance
The American Independent Business Alliance is a non-profit organization that represents the interests of local independent businesses, helps communities develop strong local economies through nurturing local entrepreneurs, and promotes citizen engagement in local economic development...
(AMIBA), where he is the organization's most frequent public speaker. Milchen frequently facilitates trainings for communities organizing Independent Business Alliance
Independent Business Alliance
The term Independent Business Alliance refers to local affiliates of the American Independent Business Alliance . According to AMIBA's website, "An IBA is a coalition of locally-owned independent businesses, citizens and community organizations united to support home town businesses in a community...
s, "buy local" campaigns, pro-local policy and other programs to enhance local economic development based on local entrepreneurs.
Independent Business Alliances are based on a model Milchen pioneered in Boulder, Colorado in 1997 with the Boulder Independent Business Alliance. Milchen also served as executive director of ReclaimDemocracy.org, a group focused on revoking corporate control over law and politics and revitalizing grassroots democracy. Additionally, he is a co-founder of the Citizens' Debate Commission
Citizens' Debate Commission
The Citizens' Debate Commission is a nonpartisan American organization, formed in 2004, that was established to sponsor future general election presidential debates....
.
Milchen speaks frequently around the country on issues addressed by those organizations and writes periodically for a wide range of publications, including The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
, Business Week, Christian Science Monitor, The Ecologist
The Ecologist
The Ecologist is a British environmental publication founded in 1970 by Edward Goldsmith. It addresses a wide range of environmental subjects and promotes an ecological systems thinking approach through its news stories, investigations and opinion articles. The Ecologist encourages its readers to...
, Inc. magazine, Adbusters
AdBusters
The Adbusters Media Foundation is a Canadian-based not-for-profit, anti-consumerist, pro-environment organization founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn and Bill Schmalz in Vancouver, British Columbia...
and many others. He resides in Bozeman, Montana.