Meet Paula
Paula Miles is the principal coach and leadership services consultant with The PE Miles Group. She is an experienced leader who honed her genuine curiosity about people, keen strategic thinking and analytical skills, and reputation for developing and leading high value-delivering teams into a stellar 30-year career as an energy utility executive and a sought-after mentor, community volunteer and consultant. While working for the largest municipally owned natural gas and electric utility in the United States, Paula led teams and generated value as an executive
leader in gas engineering and operations, customer care, people and culture (human resources), and corporate technology innovation.
Paula’s clients reflect America’s diversity across industries and in age, race, ethnicity and gender, ranging from high potential individual contributors to front-line supervisors to C-suite executives. Her sweet spot includes aspiring and current leaders in STEM and STEM-adjacent fields, women in non-traditional roles, and ethnic and cultural minorities.
Education and Certifications
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC) – International Coach Federation
- Certified Personal & Executive Coach – The Coaching and Positive Psychology Institute
- Accredited Team Coaching Practitioner – European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC)
- Licensed Professional Engineer, State of Texas
- Master of Science, Public Administration, Texas State University
- Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin