Della Miller

Della Miller (she/her) is passionate about education and generational wealth for underserved and low-income communities. Della started and directed St. Augustine’s Food Co-Op and Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers Food Co-Op. She is founder of Community First Communications. Della, along with a team of food advocates were commissioned to write the operations plan for the City of Buffalo’s only commercial kitchen in the historic Broadway Market district. She consults with new food startups and advocates for business justice by being a member of the Buffalo Food Equity Network, Food for the Spirit, and Black Farmers United – NYS, Buffalo Black Chamber of Commerce and as a board member of Clean Air Coalition. She has volunteered for over 15 years at the St. John United Federal Credit Union on all levels of operations as a teller, loan officer and in strategic planning, mergers, financial literacy and marketing. In her free time she teaches cooking classes in her community, focuses on plant-based cooking, develops healthy cultural recipes, and takes pride in her front porch container garden.