Matt Miller.
VP, Military, Veteran & Family Center of Excellence, A-G Associates
Dr. Matthew Miller is a Senior Executive with over 20 years of experience in Veteran and military healthcare. He has led initiatives that significantly enhanced suicide prevention and mental health services for the nation’s Veterans, Service Members, and their families.
Dr. Miller served for six years as the Executive Director for VA Suicide Prevention at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where he led a national team implementing and reinforcing evidence-based community and clinical interventions across the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). His concurrent role as Executive Director of the PREVENTS Presidential Taskforce gave him deep expertise in public health policy, budget management, and community engagement. He spearheaded programs that contributed to a more than 7% reduction in Veteran suicide rates within a single year. Before that, he served for three years as Director of the VA Veterans Crisis Line (VCL), transforming it into the world’s largest suicide crisis call center. His VA career began as Chief of Mental Health at the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan, where he later became Deputy Chief of Staff.
A U.S. Air Force Veteran, he completed his professional residency in Clinical Psychology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center and served as Chief of Mental Health at a Joint Services Pilot Training Wing, overseeing outpatient mental health operations for active duty service members and their families and leading the installation’s suicide prevention, alcohol and drug demand reduction, critical incident response, and family advocacy programs.
His honors include the Air Force Commendation Medal, the 2019 Peter J. Linnerooth National Service Award from the American Psychological Association, national recognition from Disabled American Veterans in 2023, and selection as a finalist for GovCIO’s 2025 Health IT Innovation Champion Flywheel Award. Dr. Miller holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Michigan State University and a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan.