Biography of Kent R. Hill
Assistant Administrator For Europe and Eurasia
Dr. Kent R. Hill was sworn in on Nov. 6, 2001, as assistant administrator for Europe and Eurasia of
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID is the government agency that administers
the U.S. economic and humanitarian assistance program worldwide.
As head of the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia (E&E;), Hill oversees USAID programs in 29 countries
spanning the Balkans to Central Asia, including all countries of the former Soviet Union.
Before coming to USAID, 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, D.C. He taught European and Russian history at Seattle Pacific University from 1980 to 1986.
A graduate of Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho, 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 on
Christianity in Russia and the former Soviet Union and more than 50 articles and reviews on subjects
such as the Soviet Union and Russia, human rights, religion in communist countries, Russian intellectual
history and Marxism.
Hill has been a guest speaker on many college and university campuses and at numerous academic and
public policy conferences. He is a noted expert on human rights and international religious freedom
issues and has been an active participant in dialogue between Catholics, Evangelical Protestants, Orthodox
and other religious groups.
A native of Nampa, Idaho, Hill and his wife, Janice, have two children, Jennifer and Jonathan.
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