Roger Millar is currently serving as a strategic advisor, where his expertise in transportation, land use, and the environment guides public, private, and not-for-profit organizations towards innovative and sustainable solutions. With a vision anchored in economic vitality, environmental stewardship, and access to opportunity, his efforts are modeled on successes like the Innovative DOT initiative, the National Complete Streets Coalition, the Portland Streetcar and the Glenwood Springs to Aspen Bus Rapid Transit system, setting benchmarks for mobility nationwide.
Millar joined the Washington State Department of Transportation as Deputy Secretary in October 2015, was appointed Secretary of Transportation by Governor Jay Inslee in August 2016, and confirmed unanimously by the State Senate in March 2017. Until January 2025 he led an agency that is the steward of a complex, multimodal transportation system responsible for ensuring that people and goods move safely and efficiently.
Millar is a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He served on the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Board of Directors (2022-2023 President), the USDOT Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity, the National Operations Center of Excellence Strategic Advisory Council, the National Complete Streets Coalition Steering Committee, the President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council Expanding the Workforce Subcommittee and the Surface Transportation Board Passenger Rail Advisory Committee. Millar served on the ASCE Board of Direction from 2017 to 2020, on the ASCE Transportation and Development Institute Board of Governors (2022-2023 President), and on the Board of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America from 2018 to 2023 (2021-2022 Chair). In October of 2024 ASCE recognized Millar with its OPAL Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Government Engineering. Millar graduated from the University of Virginia in 1982.