Meeting Speaker for Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Monica Miller has worked in military intelligence for the U.S. Army and served as the FBI’s senior officer at the CIA over counterespionage personnel. She’s also investigated white-collar crime and public corruption cases. This summer, she brought her expertise to Sacramento to battle cybercrime, gangs, mortgage fraud, political corruption and white-collar crime as special agent in charge of the the FBI’s Sacramento field office – the first woman to ever hold the job.

Miller, 51, supervises 305 agents and civilian employees over a vast portion of California that stretches from Bakersfield to the Oregon border. Miller said the FBI must cut approximately 10 percent of its budget – or $700 million – and 3,500 positions worldwide through attrition by 2015 unless Congress appropriates more funds. Starting in January, all FBI personnel could be facing nine-day furloughs. When Miller’s not fighting crime, she adopts old dogs.