Paul Hill, Treasurer (Stanley, ID)

Paul retired in 2002 after a 36 year career in law, commercial banking and consulting in the Southeastern U.S.  During 10 years in private practice with an Atlanta law firm, specializing in corporate and finance law, Paul helped rewrite the Georgia Securities Law and served in leadership positions with both the Georgia and American Bar Associations.  Following this, he held a range of executive positions, including General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer, with two leading Southeastern Banks.  His activities during this 23 year period included helping negotiate the country’s first interstate banking laws and co-founding the Georgia Affordable Housing Corporation.  While in Atlanta, he also served as an Officer and Director with several community organizations including Atlanta’s Midtown Alliance and the Atlanta Botanical Garden.  Paul spent his final three working years as a consultant to financial institutions and a Board member of Enterprise Community Investment) one of America’s leading affordable housing finance agencies.

In 1997, Paul and his wife, Ann, built their primary home in Stanley, Idaho where they now spend over half the year; the rest of the year they live in Hailey.  Since retiring, Paul has remained active in community and conservation organizations in both Idaho and Oregon (where he spent 15 winters), with particular emphasis on environmental and educational issues.  In Idaho, he has served as Treasurer and President of the Sawtooth Society, Treasurer of the Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association (he remains a Director of both groups), a Director of the Idaho Dark Sky Alliance, and a member of the Northern Rockies Advisory Board of The Trust for Public Land. In Oregon, he served as an Officer and Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Ashland Family YMCA, and as a Trustee of the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy.

Paul and Ann love hiking, skiing, whitewater rafting, and fishing, which they’ve pursued in many countries.  Paul grew up in Connecticut and is a graduate of Williams College and Columbia University School of Law.