Carla A. Hills

Carla Hills is a senior counselor at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group, a founding member of DGA Group, and is based in Washington, D.C. She draws on a career at the highest echelons of U.S. trade policy and diplomacy and her expertise in antitrust and federal civil matters to help clients navigate markets around the world. Ambassador Hills served as United States Trade Representative from 1989 to 1993. In this capacity, she was President George H.W. Bush’s principal adviser on international trade policy and the chief U.S. trade negotiator. She negotiated and concluded the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and led the U.S. negotiations on the Uruguay Round of the World Trade Organization. Previously, Carla served as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, becoming the third woman to hold a cabinet position. She also served as the assistant attorney general, civil division, of the U.S. Department of Justice. Ambassador Hills is honorary chair of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, honorary chair of the Inter-American Dialogue, trustee emeritus to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, chair emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, and honorary member of the Peterson Institute for International Economics’ Board of Directors. Ambassador Hills earned her JD from Yale Law School and BA from Stanford University. In 2000, she was awarded the Aztec Eagle, the highest honor given by the Mexican government to a non-citizen.