About Jack Miller

Jack Miller is a prominent Chicago area entrepreneur and philanthropist and is the founder and former President/CEO of Quill Corporation, which became the nation's largest independent direct marketer of office products. In 1998 Quill was acquired by Staples, the giant office supply company. After the sale of Quill, Mr. Miller became chairman of the board at Successories Inc. a business-to-business mail order firm which he subsequently acquired. He also focuses on real estate development and investment at Millbrook Properties and The Benida Group.

He is a very active philanthropist serving as chairman of the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and History and the JM Freedom Foundation. He also supports a wide variety of community improvement efforts. Mr. Miller was inducted into Philanthropy World magazine's Hall of Fame in January, 2008. Mr. Miller graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Journalism. He is the author of Simply Success, How to Start, Build and Grow a Multimillion-Dollar Business - the Old Fashioned Way.

Mr. Miller is one of 20 million Americans diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy. Having suffered from neuropathic pain since 1995, Mr. Miller understands the challenges of living with neuropathy and has made a commitment to improve the lives of all individuals who suffer with this "hidden disorder." He has dedicated his time and resources to developing programs to educate and raise awareness about the disorder and to help identify potential cures and develop innovative treatment for Peripheral Neuropathy (PN).

In 1999, Mr. Miller began his foray to support peripheral neuropathy research by initiating a relationship with the University of Chicago and creating an endowed professorship, the Jack Miller Professorship for the Study of Neurological Diseases. In 2001, the Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Family Foundation helped establish the Jack Miller Center for Peripheral Neuropathy at the University of Chicago. The research center continues to do ground-breaking research.

In 2006, the Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miler Family Foundation expanded its efforts to seek treatment options for those suffering from PN by providing support for the new Jack Miller Center for the Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy at the University Pain Center at Rush University Medical Center. To Fund Further collaborative research and treatment initiatives and to promote educational awareness, the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy was established in late 2007.