Bill Miller worked with the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (LRC), which is the bipartisan staff-arm for the Kentucky General Assembly, from 1977-1999 primarily as a Federal/International Relations Specialist and Assistant Public Information Officer. Upon retirement, he established Miller and Associates Federal and International Relations Media Consultants.
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Mr. Miller holds a Masters of Science of Social Work from the University of Louisville's Kent School of Social Work and a Masters of Public Administration from Kentucky State University.
Miller developed an interest in international issues and the UN when he served as a US Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic. His first year, he worked as a community developer in a remote rural area; his second year he was Professor of Social Work at the Madre y Maestra University in Santiago, the country’s second largest city.
Miller is the founder/CEO/moderator of "Global Connections Television," which does most of its tapings at the United Nations in New York. To view some GCTV programs, go to www.globalconnectionstelevision.com/video-gallery. Global Connections Television, which is privately-funded and independently-produced, reaches over 70-million potential viewers each week worldwide. GCTV is provided at no cost as a public service to help people better understand international issues and how they impact their lives.
Bill helped develop “Rotary Day at the United Nations,” a program to strengthen the unique partnership between Rotary International and the United Nations
He was President of the Frankfort Rotary Club (2000-01) and was the Rotary District 6710 Governor (2003-2004). He was appointed as a Rotary Alternate Representative to the United Nations (2007-10). He has served for several years as the District 6710 International Committee Chair. In 2009, Bill was President D.K. Lee's Representative to District 6580's District Conference.
Bill Miller served as Chairperson of the United Nations Association of the United States of America's (UNA-USA) Council of Chapters and Division Presidents, which consists of UNA-USA's 175 chapters and 23,000 members, from 1988-91. In 1994, he won the UNA-USA’s prestigious Arnold Goodman Award for Outstanding Leadership.
Mr. Miller, an international relations specialist, has written numerous articles on the United Nations for newspapers, such as the Lexington-Herald Leader and the Washington International <www.washingtoninternational.com>
In 2006, Bill Miller launched a unique course titled “The United Nations: Public Administration in the International Arena” in the Graduate School of Public Administration at Kentucky State University (KSU). This was the first international public administration course focusing specifically on the UN developed in any school of public administration in the US.
Bill Miller has been actively involved in Toastmasters International since 1998. He has served as Southern Division Governor and Vice-President for Public Relations and Membership in the Frankfort Capital City Toastmasters’ Club. He achieved the highest Toastmaster Honor of being a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM).
Bill is a member of various professional associations, such the National Press Club, UN Correspondents Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio, Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), the American Society for Public Administration and the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society.
Miller is fluent in Spanish, semi-fluent in French, and has studied German, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese.
Bill Miller has lived in and/or visited over 100 countries.
Mr. Miller and his wife, Paula, who is a retired language arts teacher, live in the historic district of South Frankfort in the Kentucky state capital.