Bill Milliken
National Founder
"We all have a stake in the dropout epidemic-and we can all play a role in solving it."
After starting his work with kids on the streets of New York City in the 1960s, Bill Milliken founded Communities In Schools to bring caring adults into schools to help kids succeed. Through his strong will to decrease America’s dropout rate, CIS has helped over 1.3 million young people complete their education and, in most cases, go on to college!