Brian Miller
Brian Miller has 32 years of extensive operational and leadership experience. His background includes policing, immigration enforcement, international drug and money laundering investigations, risk management/corruption investigations, and private security consulting. Brian began his career in 1990 as a police officer for the Wayne State University Police Department, working in a high-crime area of Detroit, Michigan. In 1992, he joined the ranks of federal law enforcement as a Border Patrol agent, assigned to the San Diego (CA) Sector, the nation’s busiest at the time.
In 1995, Brian was appointed as a special agent in the Drug Enforcement Administration and served as a Field Training Agent, Firearms and Tactical instructor, peer support team member, and supervisory special agent. Brian’s domestic assignments were all on joint task forces with the FBI, U.S. Customs Service, and the San Diego Integrated Narcotic Task Force, which he supervised. For six years, Brian served in the DEA Santiago (Chile) Country Office as a principal advisor to the U.S. Ambassador for all narcotics-related matters in the region.
In 2017, Brian transferred to DHS in San Diego, and as an assistant special agent in charge, he supervised critical incident responses as well as corruption, integrity, and use of force investigations. Brian served as an official mentor as part of DHS’s Mentoring Program until he retired. Brian volunteers as an instructor at the San Diego County Regional Leadership Institute, teaching leadership and interagency collaboration. Brian holds a Top-Secret security clearance and consults on various security matters.
In 2020, Brian earned a Master of Arts Degree in Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security in Monterey, California. His classmates recognized him with the Mark Carr Esprit de Corps award. Brian also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Wayne State University, where he earned the university’s highest academic honor and captained the baseball team as an Academic All-America nominee.
