Trustee Since: 2024
WSR Board Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance, Compensation

Other Current Boards and Affiliations:

• Board Member of Feil Companies (Family Real Estate Investment Co.)
• Board Member of Pacolet Milliken (Family Office)
• Board Member of Watkins Associated Inc. (Family Holding Co.)

Former Directorships:

• Former Board Member of Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM)
• Former Member of Board of Governors for the National Association of Real Estate Investments Trusts (NAREIT)
• Former Member of Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Other Experience and Education:

• Former President & CEO, Piedmont Office Realty Trust
• Former Chief Real Estate Officer, Wells Real Estate Funds
• Former Head of Real Estate Operations, Lend Lease Real Estate
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
• Bachelor of Arts, Furman University

Key Experience and Trustee Background

• Donald Miller has over 30 years of experience as a real estate executive, with extensive experience in acquisitions, asset management, property management and leasing. 
• Miller provides the Board of Trustees with deep experience investing in, and overseeing real estate assets through, multiple cycles, and brings a proven record of engaging in accretive transactions and supporting high performing operations to drive shareholder value.
• Miller has served as the Chief Executive Officer, President, and a member of the board of directors of Piedmont Office Realty Trust, a publicly traded REIT, from 2007 - 2019, overseeing its initial public offer in 2010.

Donald Miller is a former member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). He previously served on the Board of Governors for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) from 2012 to 2015. From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Miller was the head of real estate activities at Wells Real Estate Funds, Inc. In such capacity, he was responsible for directing all aspects of acquisitions, asset management, dispositions, property management, and construction groups. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Miller headed the U.S. equity real estate operations of Lend Lease, a leading international commercial real estate property group where he had worked since 1994. Prior to Lend Lease, Mr. Miller was responsible for regional acquisitions for Prentiss Properties Realty Advisors, a predecessor entity to Prentiss Properties Trust, a publicly traded REIT (which was acquired by Brandywine Realty Trust in 2005). Mr. Miller received a B.A. from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.