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Thane Kreiner, Ph.D.

Thane Kreiner, Ph.D., is Executive Director of Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Howard & Alida Charney University Professor at Santa Clara University. Before joining Miller Center in 2010, Thane was Founder, President, and CEO of Second Genome and Presage Biosciences, Inc. and President and CEO of iPierian. Thane spent 14 years at Affymetrix, Inc., the DNA chip industry pioneer. Thane earned his PhD in Neurosciences and his MBA from Stanford University. His memoir on science and spirituality Composition of Life was recently published. Thane is an avid SCUBA diver, swimmer, yoga practitioner, and gardener.

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Thane Kreiner, Ph.D. - February 6, 2020

Continuing the Journey

Leading Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship over the last decade has been an amazing journey to impact and a deeply formative experience for me. After a lengthy period of discernment, I am writing today to share my decision to step down from the role of Executive Director, effective April 30, 2020.
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Thane Kreiner, Ph.D. - March 11, 2019

Sisters Show The Way In Africa

International Women’s Day 2019, wasn’t the longest day of my life, but at 35 hours, it was indisputably long. My Kenya Airways flight left the gate at 12:10 am on March 8, only 20 minutes late, a consolation given the March 6 strike at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
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