Lorraine Miller

Lorraine C. Miller (born May 6, 1948) is an American political administrator who served as the 35th Clerk of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.

She attended Jarvin Christian College and then changed to the University of North Texas, earning a degree in political science in 1975.

[6] Replacing Karen L. Haas in February 2007, she was the first African American to serve as an official of the United States House of Representatives.

Prior to being appointed to the Clerk post, she served as the director of intergovernmental relations for then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

During the Clinton Administration, Miller served as a Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; in the late 1990s, she transitioned to her role as Bureau Chief of Consumer Information for the Federal Communications Commission.