Jim Miller is an expert on various public policy
issues, including federal/state regulatory
programs, industrial organization, antitrust,
intellectual property, general litigation,
fiscal finance, tax structure, federal/state
spending, deficits, public choice, campaign
finance, and the effects of various laws and
regulations on the overall economy.
Currently, Miller is a Senior Advisor to Husch
Blackwell, LLP, an international commercial law
firm. From April 2002 through January
2006, Miller served as Chairman (or more
recently Chairman Emeritus) of The Capital
Analysis Group of Howrey, L.L.P., where he
led a team of economists, accountants, and
regulatory experts that provided litigation
support and performed analyses for the firm and
for clients outside the firm. In addition,
he is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
International Tax and Investment Center, an
Adjunct Scholar at the Center for Study of
Public Choice at George Mason University, a
Senior Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover
Institution at Stanford University, and a member
of the Board of Directors of Americans for
Prosperity.
In
2003 Miller was appointed by President Bush to
be a member of the Board of Governors of the
U.S. Postal Service. In 2005 he was
elected chairman of the Board, was reelected
chairman in 2006 and 2007, and from 2008 until
2011. President Obama has nominated him
for a second term, and he awaits Senate
confirmation. He serves as Chairman of the
Board's Audit and Finance Committee.
Moreover, Miller is a member of the board of
Washington Mutual Investors Fund, the
Tax-Exempt Fund of Maryland, the Tax-Exempt Fund
of Virginia, the JPMorgan Value Opportunities
Fund, and Clean Energy Fuels, Corp. For
each of these organizations, Miller serves as
Chairman of the Audit Committee and Designated
Financial Expert.
Jim
is frequently called on to comment on public
issues. He has appeared on the Today Show, CBS
Morning News, Good Morning America, Meet the
Press, Face the Nation, This Week, Inside
Edition, MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, Crossfire,
Inside Politics, Inside Edition, Late Edition,
Kudlow-Cramer, The Kudlow Report, and Wall
Street Week. His opinion pieces have appeared in
the Wall Street Journal, New York Times,
Washington Post, Washington Times, USA Today,
Investors Business Daily, and other major
newspapers. He has also been an occasional
commentator for Marketplace Radio.
In 1994, Miller was a candidate for the
Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate from
Virginia, losing a close race to Col. Oliver
North at the state party's convention in June.
In 1996, once again Miller was a candidate for
the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate,
losing to incumbent Sen. John Warner in the June
primary. In 1998, he was treasurer of his wife’s
campaign to represent Virginia’s Eighth
Congressional District (winning the primary but
losing the general election) and assisted her
with another (losing) run for the same office in
2000.
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From October 1985 to October 1988, Miller was
Director of the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget, was a member of President Reagan's
Cabinet, and was a member of the National Security
Council. From October 1981 to October 1985, he was
Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. And
from January 1981 to October 1981, he was
Administrator for Information and Regulatory
Affairs at OMB, where, among other things, he
helped to establish and administer President
Reagan's program of regulatory relief.
The
holder of a B.B.A. in economics (University of
Georgia, 1964) and a Ph.D. in economics
(University of Virginia, 1969), Miller is the
author of over 100 articles in professional
journals and is the author, co-author, or editor
of nine books, the most recent of which is Monopoly
Politics, published in 1999 by the Hoover
Press at Stanford University.
Miller
was born in Atlanta on June 25, 1942, and was
raised in Conyers, Georgia. He resides with his
wife, Demaris (holder of a Ph.D. in psychology
from George Mason University), near Washington,
Virginia (Rappahannock County). The Millers have
three grown children, one daughter-in-law, one
son-in-law, two granddaughters, and two grandsons:
Katrina Miller; Felix, Anna, Natalie & Paulina
Miller; and Sabrina, Fernando, Tristan, &
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