Miner attended Skidmore College where in 1988 he founded the school's first improvisational comedy group and in 1990 created and produced the National College Comedy Festival, an ongoing annual event for over 25 years.
Miner was a student at Skidmore College, where he initiated the college's first improv comedy group in 1988. Two years later, he conceived and organized the National College Comedy Festival, an enduring annual celebration that has persisted for more than two decades.