Mary John Miller (born July 19, 1955) is an American government official and political candidate who served as

Under Secretary for Domestic Finance The Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance is a high-ranking position within United States Department of the Treasury that reports to, advises, and assists the Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. The u ...

and a former Acting

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. In 2020, she announced her candidacy for Mayor of Baltimore but lost to Council President

Brandon Scott Brandon Maurice Scott (born April 8, 1984) is an American politician serving as the mayor of Baltimore, Maryland since 2020. The city of Baltimore uses a strong mayor-council structure for their government, meaning Scott holds strong mayoral po ...

in the June 2020 Democratic primary.

Early life and education

As a child, Miller grew up in

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and

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. Miller received a B.A. from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

, where she was a member of the

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society. She received a Master of City and Regional Planning from the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

Career

At T. Rowe Price

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 also has earned her

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designation.

In the Treasury Department

Miller joined Treasury as

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's appointee as

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, 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 was responsible for Treasury's management of the public debt. Miller served as Obama's Under Secretary for Domestic Finance in the Department of the Treasury from March 2012 to September 2014. As Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, Miller was responsible for developing and coordinating Treasury's policies and guidance in the areas of financial institutions, federal debt financing,

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, and capital markets. Her role included oversight of the Financial Stability Oversight Council. In November 2011, Miller was included on ''

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s list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people. Miller received the

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Award for Distinguished Service from the Columbia College Alumni Association upon her retirement from Treasury.

2020 Baltimore mayoral election

In January 2020, Miller announced her candidacy for the 2020 Baltimore mayoral election. In the June 2 Democratic primary, Miller faced City Council President

, former mayor

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, who resigned in 2010 as a part of a plea agreement, and Jack Young, the incumbent mayor, with Scott being declared the winner.

Johns Hopkins University

On September 3, 2020,

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

announced that Miller had been appointed interim Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration, overseeing the university's budget and investments.

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