Following is a press release from El Paso County regarding the death of employee Howard Miller:

The El Paso County Board of Retirement notes with great sadness the death of Retirement Plan Administrator Howard Miller. Miller, age 44, succumbed to an apparent heart attack today. 

Howard Miller was hired as El Paso County Retirement Plan Administrator in 2009.  He was accredited as a certified financial planner at the University of Houston and had worked exclusively in public retirement plan funding for twenty-two years.  For six years prior to taking the position in El Paso County he had served as the Director of Employer Services for the 190,000 member Texas County and District Retirement System.  Miller was born at the Air Force Academy but moved away from the area as a child.  He is survived by his wife and son.  

 Bureau Chief Joe Breister of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, who is currently serving as Chairman of the Retirement said, “It’s a great loss to the retirement plan and to the entire community.  Howard was hired at a time when we needed great leadership following financial collapse in 2008.  Everything he did was out of his dedication and commitment to the financial stability of the plan for the benefit of plan members.”

The El Paso County retirement plan covers approximately 3,680 employees, beneficiaries and retirees of El Paso County, El Paso County Public Health, Office of the 4-th Judicial District Attorney, El Paso County Board of Retirement, and the Pikes Peak Library District.

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