Carla Hills

Carla A. Hills was appointed by President Gerald R. Ford as the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.  She was the third woman in U.S. history to hold a Cabinet position.  Hills previously served President Ford as U.S. Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.  Hills would later be selected by President George H.W. Bush to serve as U.S. Trade Representative.  She was the primary U.S. negotiator on the North American Free Trade Agreement. She is a Trustee of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation.

Interviewer: Richard Norton Smith

March 18, 2009