predecessor successor party office term_start spouse article_title term_end alma_mater
scotty baesler teresa isaac democratic mayor of lexington , kentucky 1993 -lsb- http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/ralph-miller-jr-1.html dr. ralph e. miller , jr. -rsb- pam miller
 2003 smith college
pam miller

pam miller served as the mayor of lexington , kentucky from 1993-2003 .
on january 3 , 1993 , she became lexington 's first woman mayor .
she was first elected to the urban county council in 1973 and was the first woman elected to public office in the city .
she served from 1974 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1993 .
she served as vice-mayor before becoming mayor after the resignation of scotty baesler , who was elected to the united states congress in 1992 .
she was elected mayor in 1994 and again in 1998 , though she chose not to run for a third full term in 2002 .
under her leadership , lexington developed an urban area greenspace plan in 1994 .
in 1995 , she founded partners for youth , a non-profit organization that serves as a clearinghouse for funding programs for youth in lexington .
this development occurred after the shooting and killing of antonio orlando sullivan , an eighteen-year-old african american male , by a white police officer in october 1994 which had caused a public outcry .
upon her retirement as mayor , pam miller remained active in civic affairs .
she became a member and then chair of the prichard committee for academic excellence -lrb- serving as chair from 2006 to 2010 -rrb- , and the lexington opera society -lrb- chair , 2007-2009 -rrb- .
governor steve beshear appointed her to the kentucky council on postsecondary education in 2008 , and served as the council 's vice chair from february 2010 to december 2011 .
she was elected as the council 's chair in 2012 and has been reappointed in that leadership role each year since .
her current term on the council ends on december 31 , 2018 .
