Director
Department of State
Hilary is Director of the Office of Innovative Engagement in the Bureau of International Information Programs at the U.S Department of State, where she oversees the development and piloting of new technologies in support of the Department's public diplomacy mission. Prior to this, she was director of digital communications in the Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), where she pioneered ECA's social media outreach and managed a large project to convert ECA's websites to responsive and adaptive design. Hilary has a BA in Slavic languages and literatures from Indiana University and an MA in political science from The George Washington University.