Kimberly Mills is a doctoral-level behavior analyst who runs a private behavioral consulting firm in the southeastern United States. Before this, she served for eight years as the senior executive director and the associate director for the Virgin Islands University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities has more than 20 years of executive management, direct service, and university special education experience. Her research agenda includes best treatment practices for autism spectrum disorders, technical assistance evaluation, phenomenon surrounding the school-to-prison pipeline, cultural and linguistic competence using a behavioral analytic lens, disability employment, health disparities research and disaster preparedness.
Mills participated as a professional fellow with the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Professional Fellows Program on Inclusive Disability Employment, which supports mid-career professionals (fellows) from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. She was a visiting professor and research center fellow with Langston University. Her civic and university leadership responsibilities include participation with the University of the Virgin Islands Institutional Review Board, participation as an advisory board member with the Virgin Islands Department of Education New School Construction Advisory Board and participation as a member of the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency Emergency Management Council.