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CSIS Hills Program Staff
Jerry Hyman
Senior Adviser and President
Jerry Hyman serves as both a senior adviser at CSIS and also as president of its Hills Program on Governance. Dr. Hyman’s expert leadership facilitates the work of the Hills Program’s Academic Council and Advisory Board to develop and implement program ideas, as well as fundraising development for both the Hills Program at CSIS and the Hills Governance Centers globally. He serves on the Advisory Council to the Center for International Media Assistance of the National Endowment for Democracy. Dr. Hyman served with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from 1990 to 2006, and was director of the Office of Democracy and Governance from 2002 to 2007. After his graduation from the University of Virginia Law School in 1985, he practiced law in Washington, D.C., with the firm of Covington & Burling until joining USAID. Between 1970 and 1982, Dr. Hyman taught courses on anthropology, social theory, modernization, economic development, American Indians, and Southeast Asia in the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Dr. Hyman holds a B.A. in philosophy and Ph.D. degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from the University of Virginia. He is the author of numerous articles and publications.


Travis Elliot
Research Associate
Travis Elliott is a research associate with the Hills Program on Governance, where he works on issues related to economic globalization, governance, and rule of law development. Prior to joining CSIS in August 2006, he served as an intern with the United States Department of Justice, CSIS-Global Strategy Institute and CSIS-Europe Program. Mr. Elliott completed his B.A. in sociology from Washington College, Maryland, graduating with honors and Phi Sigma Tau, and an MSc in policy studies from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. While a graduate student, he was selected to serve as first editor and project assistant for a security strategy text titled, Security Strategy and Transatlantic Relations (Routledge 2006).

 

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