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Carla A. HillsCSIS Counselor and Trustee |
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Carla A. Hills is chairman and CEO of Hills & Company, International Consultants. The firm provides advice to U.S. businesses on investment, trade, and risk assessment issues abroad, particularly in emerging market economies. Mrs. Hills served as U.S. trade representative from 1989 to 1993, where as a member of President George H.W. Bush’s cabinet, she was the president’s principal adviser on international trade policy. Earlier, Mrs. Hills served as secretary of housing and urban development in the administration of President Gerald Ford (the third woman to hold a cabinet position). She also served as assistant attorney general, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice. Mrs. Hills currently serves on four corporate boards. She is chair of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations; cochair of the CSIS International Advisory Board; cochair of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Inter-American Dialogue; trustee of the Council of the Americas; and a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for International Economics and of the Trilateral Commission. Before entering government, Mrs. Hills cofounded and was a partner in a Los Angeles law firm. She also served as an adjunct professor at the University of California at Los Angeles Law School, teaching antitrust law, where she edited Antitrust Adviser (McGraw-Hill, 1971). Born in Los Angeles, Mrs. Hills received her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, her law degree from Yale University, and has studied at Oxford University. She holds honorary degrees from seven colleges and universities. In 2000, Mrs. Hills was awarded the Aztec Eagle, the highest honor given by the Mexican government to a noncitizen of that country.
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CSIS Publications by Carla A. Hills
Research on Corruption and Its Control 04/06/2006
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