WASHINGTON – Oklahoma State Treasurer Ken Miller has been elected to become president of the National Association of State Treasurers on Jan. 1, 2017.
The election took place Tuesday at NAST's annual conference in Seattle. Miller, a Republican, will replace James McIntire, Washington State's Treasurer and NAST's president for 2016.
Miller is the first Oklahoman in NAST's 40-year history to serve as its president. He was elected as that state's treasurer in 2010 and was unopposed for reelection in 2014.
Before becoming state treasurer, Miller was in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and was a self-described reformer and common-sense fiscal conservative. Prior to that, he was chair of the Legislative Compensation Board in former Gov. Frank Keating's administration. Keating was president and CEO of the American Bankers Association from 2011 to 2015 and is now a partner at Holland & Knight.
Miller has been chair of NAST's 501()(3) foundation and chair of the National Institute of Public Finance at Pepperdine University, which is sponsored in part by NAST.
He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma, an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.A. in economics and finance from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn.
NAST also elected Beth Pearce, Vermont's Treasurer as senior vice president and Mark Gordon, Wyoming's Treasurer as secretary-Treasurer.
