Kent Hill

Kent R. Hill joined World Vision in February 2011, after more than three decades serving in U.S. Government, academic and non-profit leadership roles. As head of international programs, Kent collaborates with the Partnership of World Vision to facilitate the overseas allocation of resources from government grants, corporate donated goods, and individual donors. Kent served from 2001 to 2005 as USAID Assistant Administrator of Europe and Eurasia, and was responsible for U.S. foreign assistance to 26 countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Between 2005 and 2009, he was Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health, heading up all USAID health programs and representing USAID in several interagency, global, and multilateral health initiatives. Kent has extensive experience with US Government agencies, international assistance agencies from other countries, and hundreds of NGOs, including FBOs. He received a Masters in Russian Studies and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Washington, and six years as an Associate Professor of History at Seattle Pacific University, was President of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (Washington, D.C.), and served as President of Eastern Nazarene College (Quincy, MA). Most recently, Kent spent two years as the Vice President for Character Development for the John Templeton Foundation.