Rob Hilton, a graduate of Marquette Senior High and the University of Michigan, joined the United States Foreign Service in 1988. He has been posted in nine countries in the Middle East, South Asia and Europe, as well as Washington, DC. In his current assignment as Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, he is responsible for media relations and people-to-people engagement to advance U.S foreign policy goals in Turkey.