Ms. Mills has served as President of MMP Group, a private equity investor and advisor since 1993. From 1999 to 2007 she was a founding partner and a managing director of Solera Capital, a New York based venture capital firm. She is currently the Lead Director of Scotts Miracle-Gro, a public company. Ms. Mills is the Chair of the Governor's Council on Competitiveness and the Economy of the state of Maine and serves on the Board of the Maine Technology Institute. She is also a director of the Maine Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.