Beth Williamson Miller
Executive Director

As of February 1, 2009, Beth Williamson Miller began her ninth year as Executive Director of the Ballard Chamber of Commerce. To the job, she brought five years of experience working on Ballard’s Neighborhood Plan, including the areas of transportation, the arts, parks and communication. As one of the founding Board members of Arts Ballard, she was able to provide continuity to the Second Saturday Art Walk when leadership for the event moved to the Chamber. Ms. Miller has also served on the Ballard High School Foundation Art Committee, the Ballard District Council and the Ballard Food Bank Board of Directors.

Beth is a Seattle native who received her college education at the University of Washington, with degrees in Business Administration and Communications. Working for local advertising agencies in the beginning of her career, she later moved to Philadelphia, where she spent ten years in marketing. There she was the public relations director for Bloomingdale’s stores in Pennsylvania, owner of a small advertising agency and salesperson for a weekly newspaper. All of this provided valuable experience transferable to the promotion of the Ballard community.

In 1994, Beth returned to the Northwest and purchased a home in Ballard. She also returned to the UW to pursue studies in Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Public Art and Urban Planning. This too provided a strong foundation for working with the City and the community to develop design guidelines for Ballard’s streetscape and Municipal Center and to plan for park development.

In her free time, Beth enjoys the company of her two dogs and various cats. Artistic needs are satisfied with fiber arts, reading and gardening. And those who know Beth well can attest to her bad Ebay habit and the quest for vintage sewing buttons and fabric.

Sue Allegra
Administrative Assistant