• Policy and Planning Section Chief, NC Department of Environmental Quality
• Morehead City, NC

Tancred Miller joined the North Carolina Sea Grant’s advisory board in 2022. He is the policy and planning section chief at the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management.

Earlier in his career, Miller was a conservation organizer with the Sierra Club in Raleigh. He then joined the NC DCM as the coastal and ocean policy manager. From there, Miller’s interests in resilient communities and ecosystems led him to his current role, where he leads departmental efforts to respond to coastal communities impacted by climate change.

Miller has a master’s in environmental management from Duke University and a bachelor’s in business administration from Morehouse College. He resides in Morehead City, NC.