Michelle Miller

Executive Vice President

Chief Operating Officer

Member of the IIR Board of Trustees

Michelle Miller is the chief operating officer for the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR). In this role, she provides strategic and operational leadership for IIR in support of its mission to create and deliver solutions for justice partners and communities across the country. Ms. Miller also oversees IIR’s various program areas, including the Center for Justice and Law Enforcement Collaboration, the Center for Justice and Public Health Initiatives, the Center for Justice and Technology Integration and Exchange, the Center for Law Enforcement Safety and Wellness, the Center for National Policy Engagement and Information Sharing, the Center for Violent Crime Reduction, and the Center for Youth and Community Justice Initiatives, supporting the successful administration of IIR-supported grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.

Ms. Miller was formerly the chief of staff for IIR. In this role, she worked with the chief executive officer and IIR’s executive leadership team to support the identification, development, and successful completion of strategic, operational, and administrative priorities and projects. Ms. Miller also led and managed various IIR support functions, including Administrative Services, Instructional Design, Multimedia, and Quality Control and Content Management. She also assisted IIR leadership with organizational planning, including reviewing programmatic processes; monitoring achievement of program goals and deliverables; and conducting programmatic performance management to regularly develop, refine, or enhance operations.

Previously, Ms. Miller supported the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council, a working group under the U.S. Department of Justice’s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative. In this capacity, Ms. Miller provided research and writing expertise in the development of resources to enhance criminal intelligence development and sharing efforts; provided administrative and logistical support in working group and council meetings; and supported the identification of new members and field-based subject-matter experts.

Prior to joining IIR in 2005, Ms. Miller worked with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as an analyst in the Florida Investigative Support Center. In this position, she was the lead analyst overseeing the day-to-day operations of the support center. Ms. Miller also supported the Regional Domestic Security Task Force. In this capacity, she provided analytical support to major investigations as they related to domestic security, analyzed data provided by local law enforcement agencies to determine trends in suspected terrorist activity, assisted in the development and implementation of a task force website, provided training to task force members on the domestic security intelligence database, and assisted in organizing local task force liaison meetings for the Tallahassee, Florida, region. In addition, she was an instructor for the Florida Basic Analyst Training class and the Florida Law Enforcement Analyst Academy.

Ms. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Florida State University. She is also a graduate of the Florida Law Enforcement Analyst Academy.