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James C. Miller III, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and a former Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, was named a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service by President George W. Bush through a recess appointment on April 22, 2003, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in November 2004. Governor Miller's term expires in December 2010.
Governor Miller, who brings broad government, private sector, and academic experience to his new role, is formerly Chairman of The CapAnalysis Group, an economic, financial and regulatory consulting firm associated with the international law firm Howrey, LLP.
As the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Governor Miller was a member of the President's cabinet and a member of the National Security Council (1985-1988). Before that he served as Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (1981-1985).
Governor Miller was Vice Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States (1987-1988), and is a Distinguished Fellow at both the Center for Study of Public Choice and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is also a Senior Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and is an Emeritus Member of the Boards of the Tax Foundation, and the Progress and Freedom Foundation.
Governor Miller is a member of the Boards of Independence Air, Washington Mutual Investors Fund, the Tax-Exempt Fund of Maryland, the Tax-Exempt Fund of Virginia, and the JPMorgan Value Opportunities Fund. A consultant to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), Governor Miller has also authored more than 100 articles in professional journals and has authored, co-authored, or edited nine books.
He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1964, and a doctorate in economics from the University of Virginia in 1969. He and his wife Demaris have three children and three grandchildren.
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