About

Marcus L. Hill is Principal of Hill Management Consultancy (HMC) LLC, a small disabled veteran-owned, minority business. HMC shares strategic advice with its clients to achieve their business priorities. Hill also serves as Vice Chairman of the Senior Executives Association Board of Directors, and an instructor and consult with the Federal Employment Law Training Group, LLC. He retired from Federal civil service in January 2021, after 37 years of honorable service.

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Prior to Hill’s retirement, he served as the Senior Executive Advisor for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He provided component-level, headquarters strategic planning advice and counsel to FLETC executive leadership. He ensured an enterprise-wide, organizational focus remained on achieving the FLETC Director’s long-range, strategic priorities while operating in the midst of global pandemic. Hill also rendered executive leadership in matters related to FLETC’s mission, long-range law enforcement training plans and executive policy development. In addition, he provided advice and expertise in support of FLETC’s leadership training initiatives, and served as executive sponsor for corporate diversity, inclusion and engagement initiatives.

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Appointed under the Federal Junior Fellowship Program (FJFP), Hill began his career in 1983, as a personnel management specialist (GS-2, student trainee) with the Department of the Navy (DON), assigned to the Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Georgia. Upon completing the FJFP and serving an active-duty tour in the United States Air Force (USAF), he resumed his civil service career in 1991. Prior to his transfer to FLETC, Hill served in several assignments, including Director of Workforce Relations at the Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay; Director of the Human Resources Satellite Office and Program Management Department Head at the Naval Station, Mayport, Florida; and Director of the Organizational Management and Manpower Division of the Regional Resources Management Department with Commander Navy Region, Southeast.

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In 1999, Hill transferred to FLETC to serve as Chief of Staffing and Classification Branch in the Human Capital Division. Subsequently, he held positions as Senior Policy and Project Analyst (SPPA) for the Office of Planning and Resources and assistant to the FLETC Director. Following the tragic events of 9/11, he joined the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), serving as the Administrative Officer for the Jacksonville Field Office. He was instrumental in establishing the TSA infrastructure and screening operations at Jacksonville International and Gainesville Regional airports. Hill returned to FLETC in January 2004, assuming the SPPA responsibilities for the Training Directorate. Following this assignment, he served as the Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Operations Support in the Administration Directorate, shortly after being appointed Assistant Director for the Mission and Readiness Support Directorate. In this role, he provided strategic leadership and executive oversight in support of the following enterprise programs: acquisitions, emergency management and continuity, facilities, human capital, assets, logistics, environmental and sustainability management, procurement, multi-media, student services, and health and safety. Hill accomplished these services through a staff of approximately 250 federal employees and 1,700 contractors, executing an annual budget of nearly $106 million. In addition, through a shared services agreement between FLETC and DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s Office of National Laboratories, Hill provided executive oversight for contracting services supporting major laboratory design, renovation and construction projects.

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Hill was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2006. In 2007, he retired from the USAF Reserves. Hill has received many awards and honors for distinguished service to include the 2017 Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Service, the 2014 Department of Homeland Secretary’s Under Secretary for Management Partnership Award, DON Civilian Meritorious Service Medal, USAF Meritorious Service and Commendation Medals. Hill holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Valdosta State College. He completed leadership training and executive education programs sponsored by the Federal Executive Institute, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Center for Creative Leadership, Brookings Institute, and Air University. In addition to SEA, Hill is a member of the Military Officers Association of America, Reserve Officers Association, American Legion Post 511, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masonic Order, The Shriners, and First African Baptist Church.