David Young Miller, PhD

David Miller currently is the Associate Dean and Professor with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget for the City of Pittsburgh from 1996 through 1998, as managing director of the Pennsylvania Economy League, serving the western part of the state and has developed fiscal recovery plans for the cities of Scranton, Clairton and Duquesne and the boroughs of Wilkinsburg and Braddock. He has also worked as Town Manager for several municipalities and as a private consultant to numerous state and local government entities.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Local Government Academy and as the Advisor to the Government Finance Officers Association Budget & Finance Committee. He is also a representative from Allegheny County to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC), the region’s metropolitan planning organization.

Dr. Miller received his PhD in Public Policy Research and Analysis from the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of numerous papers and articles focusing on regional governance, regional financing of urban services, and municipal fiscal distress.