Mission: The mission of the West Virginia Regional Jail Authority is to ensure the public’s, staff’s, and inmate’s safety by maintaining a safe, secure and humane system of regional jails.

Vision: The vision of the West Virginia Regional Jail Authority is to be recognized as the leader in professional jail administration and to maintain that leadership by being able to move to the forefront while adapting to change.  

Biography:  A native of Parkersburg , West Virginia , Terry Miller served more than 27 years with the Wood County Sheriff’s Department, before retiring as a Lieutenant.  

Miller is married to Terasa Robertson Miller.  He is the father of six children and nine grandchildren.  Miller and his wife are homeowners in Kanawha County , WV and reside with their daughter and one of his son’s.

Miller obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from West Virginia State College.  He has an Associate Degree in Law Enforcement from Parkersburg Community College .

Miller was tapped in 2005 by Cabinet Secretary Jim Spears of the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety to assist in the reorganization and establishment of the Homeland Security State Administrative Agency, in the Office of the Secretary, of which Miller is the current Director.  As the SAA Director, Miller has oversight of over $27 million in Homeland Security Funds for this current year.  Miller and his staff facilitate the coordination of the state’s homeland security grants and programs to ensure compliance with allowable uses of the funding as well as conformity with the state’s homeland security goals and strategies. Miller is responsible to oversee the states homeland security planning.  He works closely with the state and local law enforcement agencies, as well as other first responders, state and local elected and appointed officials, and six Regional Homeland Security Planners. Miller also serves as the Acting Director of the State’s Regional Response Program which is managed by the State Fire Marshal.  

He is currently serving in his sixth year as State President of the West Virginia Deputy Sheriff’s Association. He is a board member of the Law Enforcement Training Subcommittee of the Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Corrections, and serves on the West Virginia Investment Management Board. He is a former  member of the West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board, past Vice-President of the Parkersburg Fraternal Order of Police and past Vice President and past President of the Wood County Deputy Sheriff’s Association.  He is an active member of the Fraternal Order of Police and the Deputy Sheriff’s Association.

Miller received the 1999 Presidential Citation and the 2001 Meritorious Service Award by the West Virginia Deputy Sheriff’s Association.  He was named the 1999 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by Blennerhassett Lodge #79 of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Miller is an Honorably Discharged Veteran of the United States Air Force and is a Life Member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is a member of the Moose Lodge, the American Legion, and the Fraternal Order of the Eagles.

Miller assumed the Interim Executive Director position as of November 1, 2007.

As Executive Director his/her responsibilities are multifaceted; he/she is responsible for overseeing operations of ten regional jails throughout the state; which serve counties, municipalities, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and the WV Division of Corrections.  Many support functions are centralized to gain fiscal economies; such as fiscal administration, human resource management of 1,000 employees, legal/risk management, programs, Information Technology, contractual services, and construction management.  Additionally he/she serves and reports to the WV Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority Board to plan and oversee construction and maintenance of the state’s jails, prisons and juvenile detention facilities.