Monica Miller Joins PAWV Board

Photo credit: West Virginia Department of Commerce

Monica Miller, President of M Miller Development Services, recently joined the board of the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia.  After a career in state government, most notably managing the Main Street West Virginia program where she worked with businesses and community leaders statewide, Monica is putting her vast experience to work as a small business owner specializing in community economic development, downtown revitalization, organizational management and development, planning, facilitation, fundraising, speaking engagements and advocacy. 

Monica has served in various leadership roles in preservation at the state and national levels.  She managed the Main Street West Virginia program for over 20 years.  Prior to that she worked for West Virginia’s premier state parks system.  She was the founding chair of the National Main Street Coordinating Programs Executive Committee, is chair emerita and current member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Board of Advisors, represented Main Street and the Advisors on the National Trust Board of Trustees where she was vice-chair of the Community Revitalization Committee, and currently serves as the campaign chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Fund for the National Trust.   She is a frequent speaker at national conferences.

When asked about her interest in preservation, Monica says that communities that capitalize on their unique assets, architecture, small businesses and leadership are attractive to residents, investors and tourists.  The connection of place is important to economic development whether attracting industry or other development.  It all comes down to great communities being more economically viable.  

Thank you, Monica, for being a part of our team at PAWV!

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