Gary Miller (Republican)

375 W College Ave
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
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Gary Miller is an innovator, entrepreneur, volunteer, and philanthopist. Gary’s ideas and research have been powerfully transformative to the investment management industry. He has spoken at numerous national investment conferences and his research has been featured in numerous financial publications including the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones’ weekly publication, Barrons’, and Investment Advisor magazine. Barrons’ titled its article “Wanted: Original Thinkers.”
Gary founded Frontier Asset Management in Sheridan in 2000. Today, the firm advises on approximately $7 billion with clients in all 50 states, and has about 50 employees. Frontier was recognized as national Strategist of the Year twice (2015, 2019) and Asset Manager of the Year in 2019 by Investment Advisor magazine. Gary was named a “Nifty Over 50” by the Wyoming Business Report in 2016, and presented “How to Start a Business in Wyoming” at the 2018 Wyoming State Treasurer’s Conference.

Gary moved to Sheridan, Wyoming in 1981 as an industrial engineer for a coal company. From 1983 -85 he attended graduate school at Georgia Tech to begin a career in investment management. He started two investment firms in Atlanta before becoming the Chief Investment Officer of the largest investment consulting firm in the southeast in 1995 but left the firm and moved back to Sheridan in 1997. He founded Frontier Asset Management in Sheridan in 2000 and recently semi-retired.

Gary has a BS from Humboldt State University in Environmental Resources Engineering and a MS in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), where he was a Presidential Fellow. He was a Professional Engineer (PE) in his first career, and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation early in his career in investment management.

Gary was on the board of directors of Sheridan Memorial Hospital for 12 years, serving as Treasurer for 8. He was on the board of directors of the Sheridan Senior Center for 6 years and was chair for 2. Gary currently serves on the board of the Wyoming PBS Foundation, SAGE, the Sheridan Public Arts committee, and the State of Wyoming Selection Panel for the Investment Funds Committee. He is also a member of the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA) Executive Roundtable.

I’m running for a seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives, representing District 29 because I absolutely love Sheridan and Wyoming and want to keep them wonderful. I am a conservative Republican small Government advocate.

There are big storm clouds forming from outside our wonderful state that are hurting all of us here in Wyoming. I am a strong supporter of the U.S. Constitution, but Federal Government overreach has gotten out of control. The economy’s a mess, our civil liberties are under attack, and the war on fossil fuels is hurting our energy industry, contributing to high inflation, and negatively impacting our tax base.

Governments tend to be extremely inefficient, so I plan to bring my business and financial expertise to the Wyoming House to help streamline state operations and to help bring good jobs to Wyoming. I have no preconceived answers. But I will do the research and I will do the math. I hope my analytic problem-solving skills can help keep our taxes low, our budget balanced, and our state free. I have for over 35 years managed other people’s money and I will manage Wyoming citizens’ tax dollars with that same fiduciary responsibility.

Fiscal Responsibility. I will work very hard to keep taxes low. The state can run better operating more like a business. Governments tend to be extremely inefficient; state agency heads are incentivized to expand their departments, not cut costs. Business managers are incentivized to be efficient and to be profitable. 18 years ago, I joined the board of Sheridan Memorial Hospital to help it run more like a business. Costs were high; quality was low. Today costs are among the lowest in the region; quality is nationally recognized. The state can do the same thing.

Economic Growth and jobs. Infrastructure, education and health care are keys to create and keep good jobs. The recent Supreme Court scolding of the EPA regarding carbon emissions enhances Wyoming’s position as an energy capital and energy-intensive businesses should love it here. Helping existing businesses grow should be a higher priority than luring new ones; they already love Wyoming values. By improving our highly rated education system and moving our health care system into the 21st century we can keep them here.

Reduce Federal Government Overreach. I am wary of the Federal Government’s growing influence in state and local government. An example is the EPA regulating carbon emissions; fortunately recently overturned by the Supreme Court. My Republican Governors Association membership gives me unique insight into approaches other conservative states are taking to ward off Federal Government overreach.