Michael Miller

Director

Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)

Mike Miller serves as the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), responsible for advancing U.S. defense and
foreign policy interests by building the capacity of U.S. allies and partner nations to respond to shared challenges. Among other duties, DSCA
oversees Security Cooperation programs including: Foreign Military Sales, Foreign Military Financing, International Military Education and Training, and DoD Humanitarian Assistance.

A career Civil Servant and member of the Senior Executive Service, Mr. Miller previously served as the Deputy Director of DSCA from December 2022-August 2024. Prior to that, he served at the U.S. Department of State for over 24 years, with his last assignment serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Defense Trade in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM), where he oversaw the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) that govern U.S. commercial exports of defense articles and defense services.

His other previously held positions at the State Department include Office Director for Regional Security and Arms Transfers, Program Manager for the Anti-Terrorism Assistance program, Special Assistant to the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Counterterrorism Policy Advisor for the Middle East region, and Desk Officer for Oman and Yemen. He also served abroad on a two-year Foreign Service assignment in Tripoli, Libya as the U.S. Embassy’s Economic and Commercial Attaché. Mr. Miller first joined the U.S. government in 1998 as a Presidential Management Fellow at the State Department.

Mr. Miller received a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics with honors from Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA. He also earned a Master of Arts in International Affairs with a focus on International Security Studies from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York, NY.

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