Jody Miller is the Dutchess County Human Rights/EEO Officer. She is Chair of the Commission on Human Rights with a mission of Defending Human Rights, Bridging Differences, Embracing Diversity. She is co-founder of the 100 Cups of Coffee Transformative Dialogue Project that focuses on strengthening community interaction. As the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, she is responsible for investigations, implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the inclusion of people with disabilities into the workforce through Civil Service Law 55-a. Jody served for 11 years as adjunct professor of mediation at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. She has been a presenter at conferences throughout the United States, as well as in Italy, China and the Netherlands. Jody is the 2016 recipient of the Lawrence Cooke Peace Innovator Award from the New York State Dispute Resolution Association.
