Kathleen S Miller

Kathleen S. Miller (Kathy) is a career member of the Senior Executive Service with deep roots in defense comptrollership. She currently serves as the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, the Army’s most senior career civilian position. As a Principal Official of the Department of the Army she oversees the support and infrastructure functions for Headquarters, Department of the Army and for key Army-wide services. She leads a diverse and geographically separate civilian and military team of over 600 personnel, covering a wide range of functions such as human resources, budget, equal employment opportunity, security, facilities, publications, records management and heraldic services. Prior to this assignment she has held other key civilian leadership positions on the Army Staff as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Training and Principle Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics. Prior to her time on the Army Staff, Ms. Miller served in several executive positions in Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management and Comptroller, including as the Acting Director and Senior Civilian Advisor for the Army’s Budget. In these positions she oversaw budget formulation, defense and execution across the breadth of the Army’s appropriations. Ms. Miller’s prior positions include Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Associate Chief Financial Officer at the Internal Revenue Service. Ms. Miller holds a Bachelor of Science in Resource Economics from Cornell University, a Masters of Business Administration from Syracuse University and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College. She is a native of upstate New York and lives in Virginia with her husband.