

National Leadership Award Recipient
J. French Hill (Vanderbilt ’76)
Brother Hill has built a distinguished career spanning public service, finance, and civic leadership. Since 2015, he has represented Arkansas’s Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and currently serves as Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. Earlier in his career, he served in the administration of President George H.W. Bush as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Corporate Finance and Executive Secretary to the President’s Economic Policy Council, earning the Treasury Department’s Distinguished Service Award. A ninth-generation Arkansan, French has remained deeply engaged in civic and charitable causes throughout his career, supporting organizations dedicated to community development, education, the arts, and historic preservation.