George Hiller

Director
SW Virginia Higher Education Center

P.O. Box 1987
Abingdon, VA 24212

Phone: 276.619.4374

Email:  ghiller@swcenter.edu

George Hiller founded and directs international and internship programs at the SW Virginia Higher Education Center.  This includes trade promotion support for small businesses as well as international education initiatives for small colleges in rural SW Virginia.

The Center’s international project: www.globalvirginia.com has received U.S. Dept. of Education Business and International Education grants to support international business study programs in Mexico and China for its consortium of small colleges.  This program has received awards from NASBITE and the U.S. Dept. of Commerce as models for international trade education in rural America.  A new business internship program was launched in 2008.

From 1992-2002, George managed export promotion programs in SW Virginia for the Commonwealth of Virginia.  He also coordinated trade promotion activities in Latin America and established Virginia’s trade office in Mexico City.  Previously, George worked as an international trade banker for a number of years.  He is also a licensed attorney in Virginia and fluent in Spanish.

George has been the Co-Director of the International Business Certificate Program at Virginia Commonwealth University since 2001. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Richmond’s School of Continuing Studies.

Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, George received his BA degree from the University of New Mexico; MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management; and JD from the University of Richmond.  He is a member of the Thunderbird Global Council advisory board.  In 2007, George was elected to the Board of Governors for NASBITE International.