Director of Government Relations and Education

lmiller@stmmltd.com

Lisa Ivie Miller serves as the firm’s Director of Government Relations and Education. Ms. Miller’s responsibilities include serving as an advisor for the firm in developing business with government agencies, as well as providing fiduciary education for clients of the firm as well as for trustees responsible for pension fund administration and management.

Ms. Miller was appointed by Governor Rick Perry as the state’s 7th Firefighters’ Pension Commissioner in January 2004 and re-appointed to that position for a full term in September 2007. The position of Commissioner oversees defined benefit pension funds for over 300 municipalities constituting approximately 33,000 active firefighters and their beneficiaries with combined assets of over $1.4 billion.

Prior to her appointment as Commissioner, Ms. Miller was a legislative consultant for the law firm Hance Scarborough, L.L.P. and was director of administration for the late State Senator Teel Bivins, who later served as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.

A native of Amarillo, Ms. Miller received her M.S. from Sam Houston State University and a B.S. from West Texas A&M University. She holds an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) designation, a Scholar Series designation and Certificate of Achievement in Public Plan Policy with the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and has attended Portfolio and Management Concepts training at the Wharton School.

Professionally, Ms. Miller serves as a member of the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems serving on the state issues committee, a presidential advisor for the Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems, an active member of Executive Women in Texas Government and has lectured for the Public Funds Board Forum and the IMN Fire and Police Pension Funds Summit. She is currently an instructor for the Texas A&M Fire Training Academy and is an advisory member for the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Centers.

Ms. Miller has served as a member of the Greater Austin Crime Commission, past Chairman of the Board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and South Texas and is a founding member of the Williams-Pyro Firefighters’ Foundation.