John Miall

 

John Miall serves as special consultant to the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation.  He began his consulting business, Miall Consulting, in 2005 after retiring as the Director of Risk Management for the City of Asheville, NC where he served for 30 years. He served as the Director of Risk Management for the City of Asheville since 1990 and was one of the visionaries behind The Asheville Project. He joined the staff of the APhA Foundation as a Special Consultant upon his retirement. 

 

As Director of Risk Management, Miall held major operational and budget responsibility for city-wide self-funded liability programs including $16million program for general, auto, public officials, law enforcement, and dams liability; $10 million annual group benefits program; $2million worker's compensation program; and four separate retirement programs, two of them self-funded and self-administered.

 

Miall was made an Honorary Member of American Pharmacists Association in 2000 and he was named a “Benny” Award Winner recognizing his innovative work in Employee Benefits by Employee Benefit News in 2003. He was named Risk Manager of the Year in 2004 by the Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA). He has been recognized as the Hoyt Abney Community Service Award for the Asheville Community for 2005. Miall is a graduate of Montreat-Anderson College and the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

 

Miall is highly sought internationally as a speaker and presenter on risk management and health care innovations. In his capacity with the APhA Foundation, John Miall will assist the APhA Foundation in expanding the highly successfully work of the Asheville Project to more cities and employers around the country.  The APhA Foundation has expertise in designing programs to manage the cost and improve the outcomes associated with chronic disease by aligning the incentives for all stakeholders.  Miall will also assist with the implementation and management of these programs and serve as a resource to benefit managers and employers who choose to participate.