Kent R. Hill

Kent R. Hill is the Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health, an agency of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He has held this position since 2005, before which he was Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at USAID. [ [http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/bios/bio_khill.html USAID Biography of Kent R. Hill] ] As the latter, he oversaw economic and humanitarian assistance in 23 nations from the Balkans to Central Asia, including all the countries of the former Soviet Union." [ [http://www.houghton.edu/news/articles/20050511.htm Houghton College Grants Honorary Degree to Kent Hill] ] As described by USAID, Hill is "responsible for a bureau that manages health programs all over the world" with funding in the range of billions of dollars and "seeks to provide global leadership in the effort to improve the quality, availability, and use of essential health services."

Hill was also president of Eastern Nazarene College between 1992 to 2001. Before that, from 1986 to 1992, he was president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy in Washington, D.C. He also taught European and Russian history at Seattle Pacific University from 1980 to 1986.

As well as political roles, Hill has published books, articles, reviews on human rights, intellectual history, international development, and matters related to religion in the former Soviet Union. He is a noted expert on democracy, international development policy, human rights, and international religious freedom issues. He has also been an active participant in dialogue between Catholics, Evangelical Protestants, Orthodox, and other religious groups. [ [http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/bios/bio_khill.html USAID Biography of Kent R. Hill] ]

Education

Hill graduated from Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho, and has a master's degree in Russian studies and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Washington in Seattle. He also holds an honorary doctor of humane letters from Houghton College. [ [http://www.houghton.edu/news/articles/20050511.htm Houghton College Grants Honorary Degree to Kent Hill] ]

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* [http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=June&x=200406221616111ACnosnhoJ0.7629969 "Albanian American Group Honors USAID Official Kent Hill, former Secy. of State James Baker honored at annual ceremony," 22 June 2004.]