Rob Hill joined the Small Business Administration as Associate Administrator for Field Operations in July 2011.

Rob worked closely with local, state and federal officials as well as business leaders in 14 Western states though his recent work at the White House. In addition, he served on the President’s Transition Team for the U.S. Treasury Department where he helped assess the Treasury Department and related economic agencies.

Rob has on-the-ground experience leading state-based teams in every region of the U.S. and in every kind of market: rural, urban, and suburban. This includes experience in Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont and Wisconsin.

This experience includes a decade of experience in building coalitions, managing organizational time, budgeting resources, and overseeing outreach and education efforts for government, non-profits, and other groups. He has developed and implemented workable, trackable metrics to direct the actions of large-scale organizations facing unique and challenging obstacles in order to achieve a common goal.

Rob has a BA in History from the University of Virginia. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife Jarel.