Meet Our Team!
Elle Miller
Founder & CEO
Elle is an avid surfer and surf instructor from Ventura. She has been teaching surf for the past eight years alongside professional surfer, personal inspiration, and Ventura local Mary Osborne. She has also worked closely with the nonprofit organization A Walk On Water (AWOW), where she learned how to manage their social media platforms and had the privilege of participating in one of their highly successful surf therapy events. Through difficult times in her life, she has been fortunate to have surfing as an outlet. For Elle, surfing has become a way to heal from loss, build confidence, and most importantly grow in her faith. Now, Elle feels called to share that passion with foster youth.
Jennifer Miller
Secretary & Board Member
Jennifer Miller brings a heart for service to More Than Conquerors Foundation. As an attorney for 24 years with a practice focused on protecting the youth in our community, Jennifer is inspired by the spirit and possibilities that positive experiences can have in a child’s life.
With three children of her own, Jennifer has watched them grow up in the surf community and witnessed first-hand the impact that the ocean can play in a child’s life. In her free time, Jennifer enjoys travel, boating and playing with her Labradors on the beach.
Claire Stanton
Product Donations & Marketing Director
Claire Stanton is a passionate surfer born and raised in the local surf community of Ventura, CA. Claire offers an expertise in marketing and product donations to the MTCSurf Team. She has worked alongside Elle Miller for over 9 years providing surf lessons, and never fails to bring an irresistible joy and laughter to every surf event. Inspired by her Uncle John Villela, one of the founders of Revolution Board Co., Claire grew up surfing as a competitive short boarder and long boarder with organizations such as the Scholastic Surf Series (SSS), National Scholastic Surf Association (NSSA), and Western Surf Association (WSA). She has considered the ocean her second home for as long as she can remember, and is passionate about sharing the joy she has found through surfing and faith with foster youth.
John Villela
Board Member and Lead Surf Instructor
John Villela is a talented and well respected surfer who grew up in Newbury Park, CA. He fell in love with surfing at a young age and eventually opened a successful surf shop called Revolution Board Co. which he operated for 17 years. John is drawn to the grounding effect that surfing can have in one’s life, because when you’re surfing in the ocean you only have space to think about one thing; the next wave. John’s faith inspires him to give back wherever he can, and More Than Conquerors Surf provides a space in which he can combine two of his passions; surfing and helping others in need. In this case, it is sharing the thrill of surfing with foster youth.