Perry J. Miller, M.S., A.A.E., I.A.P., is an airport executive who has distinguished himself by completing years of training to become an accredited member of the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), and the Global ACI-ICAO Airport Management Professional Accreditation Program (AMPAP).
After graduation from Texas Southern University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Airway Science and Master of Science degree in Transportation Planning and Management, Perry spent the next 25 years working with the Houston Airport System.
Perry has served in a myriad of airport arenas, including airport operations, maintenance, properties management and business development. In the intervening years since his undergraduate internship, Perry has served in the capacity of Airport Manager of Ellington Airport, (EFD) William P. Hobby, (HOU) Interim Airport Manager of George Bush Intercontinental, (IAH) and was a ranking member of the Houston Airport System Management Team. Perry also served as an Adjunct Professor of the Aviation Science and Technology Department at his alma mater.
Perry is originally from Chicago, Illinois, but worked in Houston long enough to genuinely address a group – using the Texas – y’all. In October 2015, he accepted the position of Chief Operating Officer for the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority in Jackson, Mississippi; and, in July 2019 he moved to the Richmond, Virginia Region to accept the position of President and CEO of the Capital Region Airport Authority. Perry is a passionate student of all things airport related, who has spent his life building powerful leadership skills, while balancing strong family bonds with his wife Tanya and four sons: Shane, Nekoda, Jachin, and Jahleel.