The Reverend Doctor Diane Miller entered the Unitarian Universalist ministry in her twenties and has served in a range of capacities. She served congregations in San Francisco, CA and Belmont, Massachusetts, before being appointed Director of Ministry for the Unitarian Universalist Association (1993-2001).

In 2001, Diane was a candidate for President of the Unitarian Universalist Association. When the First Religious Society was preparing for an interim ministry to follow the retirement of Woody Woodrick after 24 years, the congregation agreed to have as its Interim Minister whichever candidate was not elected UUA President, and so Diane first came to Carlisle. She continued doing interim ministries with congregations in Golden, CO; Providence, RI; and Walnut Creek, CA. We are very privileged to have Diane Miller back in Carlisle as our new settled minister.

A native of Rochester, Minnesota, she is a graduate of Macalester College and Harvard Divinity School, and has an honorary doctorate from Starr King School for the Ministry. She has two sons in their twenties, Graham Durall and Drew Miller, and is now divorced after a long marriage.

Diane has served in several capacities as a denominational leader. She was a member of the committee which crafted the UUA Principles and Purposes in the 1980s. She is a board member of UUSC (the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee) and on the Alumni/Alumnae Council of Harvard Divinity School.