Matthew Miller

Chief Strategy Officer

Matthew Miller, CEcD is an economic development executive with over 16 years of experience in research, strategy, and leadership roles. Past experience includes roles as Principal, Economic Development at UNS Energy Corporation, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Strategy at Greater Sacramento Economic Council, Interim President and CEO/Executive Director of Greater Portland Inc and the Greater Portland Economic Development District, and Vice President at the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. In 2020, Miller earned the designation of Certified Economic Developer from the International Economic Development Council and was named by Development Counselors International as a National 40 Under 40 Leader in Economic Development.

Miller has served in board and advisory leadership roles for the Arizona Association for Economic Development, the Oregon Economic Development Association, the City of Portland Council of Economic Advisors, the Portland Economic Investment Corporation, and was appointed to the Wildfire Economic Recovery Council by Governor Kate Brown and Treasurer Tobias Read.

Miller has graduate degrees in economics from the University of Oregon and public policy from Arizona State University. He is a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma. He completed undergraduate studies in economics and statistics, cum laude, at The Florida State University.