About

Professional Highlights and Achievements

Co-Founder of Goodness

Created and launched Goodness Live, a real-time engagement platform that outperforms industry standards of data acquisition by presenting one-of-a-kind prizes to engage fans while raising awareness and funds for meaningful organizations.

Innovative Funding Campaigns

Launched and created Food For The Hungry’s "Striking Out Poverty" (MLB) and "FH Champions" (NFL) campaigns, providing new funding sources for priority and urgent field projects through athlete and fan-driven campaigns.

Reaching Live Audiences

Partners and clients have reached hundreds of thousands of concert attendees in the last 24 months; Collecting focused consumer data from real and engaged people in the room through the partnership with the touring artist. 

Record-Breaking Media Reach

Achieved the highest media reach in Food For The Hungry’s 53-year history through extensive sports press coverage. Ie: Oversaw the production of a seven-minute feature, "Striking Out Poverty," which aired in March 2017 on ESPN SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight, reaching an audience of millions.

Family

Milam lives outside of Nashville TN with Ashley, his wife of twenty years, and their four children: Gunnar (15), Remy 13), Ryder-John (10), and Birdie (7).

Adoption

In September of 2017, we became a transracial adoptive family when our daughter Birdie was born, also birthing a passion for helping other families adopt and foster.

Gold Star Families and
Combat Veterans

I became a Gold Star Brother on July 23, 2003, when my older brother, Captain Joshua Byers, was killed in action in Iraq while leading a convoy of troops. Our family has the privilege to work with organizations such as American Gold Star Mothers, Dark Horse Elite, and many others who are serving veterans and their families on a daily basis. 

IronMan 70.3 Finisher (2023)

In honor of the 20th anniversary of losing my brother in Iraq, I finished an IronMan triathlon alongside my brother, Jared, and Patrick Benson (Founder of Dark Horse Elite and soldier who served in Iraq with my brother, Josh).

Touring Musician

For ten years, I saw the world from a van or bus on tour with several rock bands. The bulk of that time I was in the band Bleach (2000-2005), playing close to 200 shows/year. As guitar player and principal songwriter, I co-wrote and recorded three albums with the band that were internationally distributed on Tooth & Nail/ Capitol Records.