Carla Hills

Ambassador Carla Hills is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hills and Company, a Washington D.C.-based consulting company that advises clients on international trade and investment issues. She served as the United States Trade Representative from 1989 to 1993, acting as President Bush's principal advisor on international trade policy. Hills also served in the Ford administration as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1975 to 1977, and worked as Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division at the Department of Justice from 1974 to 1975. In addition to her current duties as Chairman and CEO, she is the Vice Chair of the National Committee on US-China Relations, the US-China Business Council, and the Inter-American Dialogue. Hills received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her JD from Yale University.