who we are

jonathan hiler | principal

Jonny joined Miller Strategies after serving at the White House as the Director of Legislative Affairs for Vice President Mike Pence.  His previous positions in government include Legislative Director for Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Policy Advisor with the House Republican Conference leadership office.  Prior to working in Washington, Jonny served as a naval officer, with deployments at sea and staff assignments in support of U.S. Navy missions in the Arabian Gulf.

Jonny graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. in Economics and also holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia.  He resides in Alexandria, VA, with his wife and four sons.

ashley gunn | principal

Ashley Gunn most recently served as a Special Assistant to the President, Senior Director of Cabinet Affairs in the Donald J. Trump administration. Gunn has over 25 years experience in state and federal government working on 2 Presidential campaigns, on Capitol Hill, at the RNC, in Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration, at the NTSB, as well as working in Official Proceedings for all of the Republican National Conventions since 1995.  Her political career includes developing and implementing national, state and local grassroots strategies and building coalitions to support Presidents, Cabinet Members, organizations, candidates and issue campaigns while living in Washington, DC, New England, Texas, Alabama and California.
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Ashley graduated from UVA, is the proud mother of 4 beautiful girls and is married to Scott Gunn. They reside in Alexandria, Virginia.

Jessica Mandel | PRINCIPAL

Jessica joins Miller Strategies from Credit Suisse Securities where, over the last seven years, she was the Director and Head of Legislative Affairs for its operations here in Washington, overseeing U.S. federal regulatory, legislative, and agency matters impacting the Bank and its clients.  Prior to Credit Suisse, she served as a director of legislative affairs for the Washington-based lobbying firm Tassey & Associates where she represented major financial institutions such as GE Capital, JP Morgan Chase, Citi, Mastercard and Bank of America.  A native of Colorado, she holds a B.S. in Business Administration-Marketing from San Diego State University and a J.D. from the University of Denver.

george caram | PRINCIPAL

Hailing from Florida, George moved to Washington, D.C. in 2010 and worked as a special assistant to the late Congressman C.W. Bill Young.  While an undergraduate student at Georgetown University, he was hired by then-House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, of California, where he went on to become McCarthy’s Senior Legislative Assistant for Science, Space, and Technology.  In this capacity, George helped secure critical funding for NASA’s innovative aeronautics programs and played a central role in the development, bicameral negotiations, and subsequent enactment of the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (P.L. 114-90).
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In 2017, he was recruited by the White House National Security Council and served as a Special Assistant in the Office of International Economic Affairs as well as Staff Officer within the Executive Secretariat. He joined Miller Strategies in May of 2018.

JACIE CORESSEL | director of OPERATIONS

A native of North Carolina and a graduate of Auburn University, Jacie moved to Washington and spent more than three years on Capitol Hill, serving in the offices of Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL).  

She was then recruited to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) where she served as both Director of Scheduling and Congressional Liaison for Secretary Ben Carson. Jacie joined Miller Strategies as Director of Operations in July of 2019.