EDUCATION FORUM Graham Toft, Ph.D. Click here for Dr. Toft’s power point presentation. Graham Toft is Senior Fellow at Thomas P. Miller and Associates, Indianapolis, Indiana, a firm specializing in consultation and project implementation and “building assets through knowledge and innovation.” He is also founder and principal of Growth Economics in Sarasota, Florida, focused on the application of economic growth theories in the contemporary context of a globalizing innovation economy. He spends much of his time on innovation development, growth strategies, and economic competitiveness issues facing localities, regions, states, nations, education institutions, business, civic organizations, and industries. Dr. Toft is a professional civil engineer and credentialed technical educator and holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University in public policy and urban engineering. In 1989 he was awarded the Distinguished Professional Planner Award by the Indiana Planning Association. Between 1988 and 2001 he was president of the Indiana Economic Development Council Inc., the state’s think tank on economic development. There he led the preparation of strategic economic development plans for Indiana in 1988, 1994, and 1999.