Kent Hill
Dr. Kent R. Hill is Acting Administrator at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Prior to this position, he served as acting Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Global Health at USAID since January 21, 2005. From November 2001 to October 2005, he served as Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at USAID.
Before coming to USAID, Dr. Hill served as President of Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., from 1992 to 2001. From 1986 to 1992, he was president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy in Washington, DC. He taught European and Russian history at Seattle Pacific University from 1980 to 1986. A graduate of Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho, Dr. Hill has a master's degree in Russian studies and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Washington in Seattle. He has published books, articles, or reviews on human rights, intellectual history, international development, and matters related to religion in the former Soviet Union.