Leslie Anne Miller '73

2005-2010, Chair 2005-2009
Leslie Anne Miller, Esq. currently serves in Governor Edward G. Rendell’s Cabinet as General Counsel of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Miller practiced as a civil litigator and mediator for nearly 25 years.

A long time advocate for programs that advance women and minorities, Miller has initiated and supported numerous programs to foster diversity in both the legal profession and business community. She was the first female elected president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) and also served as chair of the PBA’s first Commission on Women in the Profession and as a member of both its House of Delegates and Young Lawyers Division. She was a member of The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Justice System and was just appointed by the Governor to the Court’s newly created Interbranch Commission on Gender Racial and Ethnic Fairness.

Miller is currently co-chair of the board of directors of Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, where she also served as the interim president from 2001 to 2002. As a breast cancer survivor, she is the current honorary chair of the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition, a past president of the Pennsylvania Women’s Forum and Miller has also served as a board member for leading cultural and non-profit organizations, including the Free Library of Philadelphia, the World Wildlife Fund and WHYY.

Miller was recently honored by The Women’s Institute of Health and Leadership of Drexel University College of Medicine with the “Woman One” award. She was also granted the International Woman’s Forum, “Women Who Make a Difference” award at the World Leadership Conference and the 2003 Pink Ribbon Award from the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition. The Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners named her one of five 2002 “Women Making History” and the Philadelphia Business Journal designated her a 2001 “Woman of Distinction.”

Miller’s other honors include: the President’s Award from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession’s Ann X. Alpern Award and the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Sandra Day O’Connor Award. Recognized as a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania by Former Governor Thomas Ridge, she received an Honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree from Wilson College and an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Thomas Jefferson University’s College of Health Professions.

Miller earned her undergraduate degree (A.B., cum laude, 1973) from Mount Holyoke College, a master’s in arts degree (M.A., 1974) in political science from the Eagleton Institute of Politics of Rutgers University, her law degree (J.D., 1977) from the Dickinson School of Law, and a master’s in law (L.LM., with honors, 1994) from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Miller received Mount Holyoke's Alumnae Medal of Honor in 1988, and is a Trustee of Dickinson School of Law.

Leslie Anne Miller is married to investment advisor Richard B. Worley. They reside in Bryn Mawr, PA.