Dr. Rick Miner is President Emeritus of Seneca College and an Independent Consultant with Miner Management Consultants. He served as President of Seneca College from 2001 to July 2009.

Prior to joining Seneca, he was Vice-President, University of New Brunswick for seven years. Before his term at UNB, he was at Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia where he served as Director of the Canada/China Language and Cultural Program from 1989 to 1993, Dean of Commerce from 1982 to 1987, and MBA Director from 1978 to 1981. Dr. Miner has also held faculty positions with the University of New Brunswick, the University of Toronto and Saint Mary’s University.

Dr. Miner holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Gettysburg College, a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Utah and a Doctorate in Management from the University of Minnesota.

He has written books and papers on the subjects of Management and organizational behaviour, and has spoken extensively in Canada and abroad on these and related topics.

Dr. Miner is Past Chair of the Committee of Presidents of Ontario Colleges. He has served on the boards of Polytechnics Canada, the Toronto Regional Research Alliance, The Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance, RC-2020 (an association of large urban colleges, where he has been appointed as an emeritus member) and Seneca Corporation. He is a member of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Millennium Scholarship Foundation. He was also actively involved with the Toronto Financial Services Alliance and the Transportation Advisory Committee of Metrolinx (formerly the Greater Toronto Transit Authority).

His community involvement has included membership on the Academic Advisory Committee -Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission, the Greater Saint John Medical Task Force, the Public Awareness Committee of Saint John Business Community Anti-Poverty Initiative and Honorary Chairperson, AIDS Saint John Walk for Life. Among the awards he has received are the President's Award, Saint John Board of Trade and MBA Professor of the Year, Saint Mary's University.

Dr. Miner is now working with Colleges Ontario to explore system-wide solutions regarding adult education and literacy.