Committee Assignments:

  Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
  Judiciary

Occupation: Retailer, Grayman Gallery

Biography:MILLER, Vida Osteen [D]--(Dist. No. 108, Charleston-Georgetown Cos.)--Retailer, Grayman Gallery; native South Carolinian, residing at Pawleys Island; attended North Greenville Coll. & Bob Jones Univ.; m. James Dores Miller; mem., Georgetown Co. School Bd., 1988-94, Secy., 1992-94; past Bd. mem. and organizer, Georgetown Co. Human Relations Council; past Bd. mem. and organizer, Pawleys Island-Litchfield Merchants Assn., 1986-89; past Bd. mem., Waccamaw Arts & Craft Guild, 1992-94; past Regional Dir.-Mem. with Excellence, S.C. Watercolor Soc., 1992-95; Bd. mem., Georgetown Co. Watercolor Soc.; mem.: Georgetown Co. League of Women Voters; Georgetown Co. Bus. and Professional Women; Bd. mem., Rice Museum Cultural Dev.; S.C. School Bds. Assn., Outstanding Legislator of the Year, 1999 and 2000; Chm., Georgetown Co. Legis. Del.; General Assembly Mem., S.C. School Bds. Strategic Planning Team; Secy., House Dem. Caucus; Educ. & Public Works Com.; Subcoms.: Higher Educ. and Gen. Hwy.; Agric., Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Com., Secy., 1996-98; mem.: Environmental Affairs I Subcom.; S.C. Dept. of Transportation Road Enhancement Com.; S.C. Dept. of Transportation Minority Bus. Com.; Invitations and Memorial Resolutions Com.; Bd. mem., Waccamaw Regional Planning Comm.; GSATS (Grand Strand Area Transportation Study Com.) VC, 1998-04, Chm., 2004-06; Natl. Foundation of Women Legislators; Gov.'s Middle School Task Force; Palmetto Pride; Tourism Caucus; Bd., First Steps; Georgetown Co. BPW Career Woman of the Year, 2002-03; Sierra Club Legislator of the Year, 2003-04; Georgetown YMCA Bd. of Dirs.; S.C. School Admins. Assn. Legis. Award, 2005; Arts Caucus; Co-Chm., House Arts Caucus, 2006; S.C. School Counselors Legis. Award, 2006; Coastal Business Magazine's Award for 30 Most Powerful Women in Horry and Georgetown Cos., 2005 and 2006; prev. serv. in House 1997-08.

Biography current as of January 06, 2009