Karen Gordon Mills

Background

Mills, Karen Gordon was born in 1953. Daughter of Melvin J. and Ellen R. Gordon.

Education

Bachelor in Economics, Harvard University, 1975. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1977.

Career

With General Foods; consultant McKinsey & Company. President MMP Group, Inc., Brunswick, Maine, 1993—2009. Founding partner Solera Capital, LLC, New York City, 1999—2007.

Administrator United States Small Business Administration (Small Business Administration), Washington, since 2009. Chairwomen Maine Government's Council on Competitiveness and the Economy. Chair Council on Jobs, Innovation and the Economy, 2006.

Board directors Arrow Electronics, Inc., since 1994, Latina Media Ventures LLC, Annie’s Homegrown, The Scotts Miracle-Grow Company.

Achievements

• Karen Gordon Mills has been listed as a noteworthy federal agency administrator, venture capitalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Radcliffe College, 1985—1993, board overseers, 1999. Board member Maine Technology Institute, Nature Conservancy (Maine chapter).

Connections

Married Barry Mills, 1983. Children: William, Henry, George.

Father:

Melvin J.

Mother:

Ellen R. Gordon

Spouse:

Barry Mills

child:

George Mills

child:

Henry Mills

child:

William Mills