Donna Reed Miller (September 29, 1946 – June 27, 2024) was an American Democratic politician and Councilwoman representing the Eighth District on the City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
[2][3] During the early part of her political career, Miller was mentored by Pennsylvania State House of Representatives member David P. Richardson Jr.,[4] a graduate of Germantown High School and former recreation specialist with The Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation who rose to political prominence through positions as executive director of the Greater Germantown Youth Corporation and on various Democratic Party committees.
In 2007, she played a highly visible role in the council's threat to withhold funding for a multimillion dollar expansion of Philadelphia's Convention Center if minority hiring was not improved.
That plan then became a fixture of news reports for a period of time as media coverage of the bugging of Mayor John F. Street's office ramped up during an FBI investigation into alleged corruption at Philadelphia's City Hall.
Media reports also noted that the 64-year-old Miller "had neither the financial support nor the enthusiasm to seek a fifth term" and was having "diabetes-related problems" prior to her retirement.