WASHINGTON – Mary
John Miller was confirmed by the United States Senate yesterday to serve as the
U.S. Department of the Treasury's Under Secretary for Domestic Finance. As
Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, Miller will be responsible for developing
and coordinating Treasury’s policies and guidance in the areas of financial
institutions, federal debt financing, financial regulation, and capital
markets.
Since February 2010, Miller has
served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets, where she
advised the Secretary on broad matters of domestic finance, financial markets,
federal, state and local finance, and federal government lending policies.
In this role, she has been responsible for Treasury’s management of the
public debt.
“For two years, Mary’s steady hand
has helped Treasury navigate a critical set of domestic finance issues, earning
her deep respect from colleagues inside and outside this building,” said
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. “Her sound judgment, insight, and expertise
will be tremendously helpful to the President and to me in her new, expanded
role within the Department. I am pleased that the Senate moved on this
important nomination.”
Prior to joining Treasury, Miller
spent 26 years working for T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., where she was the
director of the Fixed Income Division and a member of the firm’s Management
Committee.
Miller received a B.A. from Cornell
University and an M.C.R.P. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Miller also has earned her Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
She is married to James D. Miller and has two sons, Thomas M. Miller and James
J. Miller.
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