Kent R. Hill

Hill was Senior Vice President of International Programs for World Vision, U.S., from February 2011 until August 2016.

[2] Hill briefly served as Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in January 2009.

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.

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.

Hill graduated from Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho, where he studied under visiting scholar James R.