Hill, G. Kathleen, 1964-

<p>Glenna Kathleen Hill (born 1964) is an American diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Malta. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 8, 2015, and confirmed by the Senate on December 9, 2015.</p>

<p>Hill is the daughter of Mary Anne Girod Hill and Curtis Ray Hill. She earned a B.A. from the University of Denver and an M.A. from Columbia University.</p>

<p>Hill began her career in 1995 with the Foreign Service serving in U.S. embassies in Belgrade, Serbia and Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. She then served as watch officer in the State Department Operations Center beginning in 1999.</p>

<p>In 2000 she began an assignment in the Bureau of Europe and Eurasian Affairs and two years later moved to the U.S. embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She then became management officer in Milan, Italy.</p>

<p>In 2007 she was assigned to the U.S. consulate in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where she was engaged in preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics.</p>

<p>She then served in the Executive Directorate of Near Eastern Affairs and South and Central Asian Affairs.</p>

<p>In 2013 Hill become Deputy Executive Secretary and Executive Director in the office of the Executive Secretary. In this role she organized over 60 overseas trips for Secretary of State John Kerry.</p>

<p>In 2015 President Barack Obama nominated her to succeed Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley as US ambassador to Malta. After confirmation by the Senate, she was appointed on January 13, 2016. Hill met with Malta's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr George William Vella, who received Hill as the ambassador designate of the United States of America, and she presented her Copie d’Usage. Hill presented her credentials to the President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, on February 25, 2016. On May 18, 2018 President Donald Trump nominated Republican National Committee member Christine Toretti to succeed Hill as ambassador, pending Senate approval.</p>

<p>G. Kathleen Hill, a Career Member of the Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, was sworn in by Secretary Kerry as Ambassador to the Republic of Malta on January 13, 2016.</p>

<p>Ambassador Hill was most recently Senior Advisor in the Office of the Executive Secretary at the Department of State. She previously held positions as Deputy Executive Secretary and Executive Director of the Office of the Executive Secretary from 2013 to 2015, Deputy Executive Director of the Executive Directorate for the Bureaus of European Affairs and International Organizations from 2012 to 2013, and Supervisory Post Management Officer in the Executive Directorate for the Bureaus of Near Eastern Affairs and South and Central Asian Affairs from 2010 to 2012.</p>

<p>Before that, Ms. Hill was a Political Economic Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Vancouver, Canada from 2007 to 2010 and a Management Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Milan, Italy from 2004 to 2007. She was a Human Resources and Budget and Fiscal Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 2002 to 2004.</p>

<p>Ms. Hill previously held positions at the Department of State as Post Management Officer in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2000 to 2002, Watch Officer in the Operations Center from 1999 to 2000, Assistant General Services Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1997 to 1999, and Political and Consular Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia from 1995 to 1997.</p>

<p>Ms. Hill received a B.A. from the University of Denver and an M.A. from Columbia University.</p>