Jeff Miller P’22 ’24, is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Highwoods Properties, Inc., a publicly traded real-estate investment trust (REIT) and a member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. Highwoods is a fully integrated office REIT that owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages properties primarily in the best business districts of Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa. Previously, he was a partner with DLA Piper US LLP and Alston & Bird LLP. He served as lead independent director of Hatteras Financial Corp., a publicly traded mortgage REIT, prior to its merger with Annaly Capital Management, Inc. in July 2016.
Miller received his B.A. from Penn State and his J.D. and MBA from Wake Forest.