Jennifer A. Hillman

Jennifer A. Hillman, a Democrat of Indiana, was nominated to the United States International Trade Commission by President Clinton in March 1998 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30, 1998. Commissioner Hillman was sworn in as a member of the Commission on August 4, 1998, for a term expiring on December 16, 2006.

Commissioner Hillman served as General Counsel for the United States Trade Representative (USTR) from 1995 1997, where she was responsible for a wide variety of trade matters, including all U.S. government submissions in dispute settlement cases pending before either the World Trade Organization or North American Free Trade Agreement panels as well as all legal work done in connection with trade negotiations.

Prior to that position, she served as Chief Textile Negotiator with the Rank of Ambassador for the USTR. As Chief Textile Negotiator, Commissioner Hillman was responsible for negotiating bilateral textile agreements with 38 countries in 1993 1994. Prior to joining the USTR, Commissioner Hillman served as the Deputy Cluster Coordinator for Financial Institutions for the Presidential and Vice Presidential transition.

Before joining the transition, Commissioner Hillman was the Legislative Director and Counsel to U.S. Senator Terry Sanford of North Carolina. On the Hill, she was responsible for all international trade issues, as well as matters coming before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, including thrift banking securities, export control, international finance, and housing matters. She began her professional career as an attorney in the Washington firm of Patton, Boggs & Blow.

Commissioner Hillman is originally from South Bend, Indiana. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a Master of Education degree in higher education administration from Duke University; she received her J.D. from Harvard Law School. She resides in Washington, DC, with her husband, Mitchell Berger, and two sons.