John Hall Biography

John Hall

John Hall is a native of Washington, D.C., who serves as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Director for Export Control and Interagency Liaison.  In this capacity, he oversees administration of the NASA Export Control Program and coordination of Agency-level policy interactions with U.S. Executive Branch departments and agencies, as well as NASA participation in United Nations activities and programs.

Prior to assuming his current post, he served as NASA’s Manager of International Technology Transfer Policy, and the Agency’s Export Control Administrator.  From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Hall served as the Senior Counsel for International and Commercial Space Programs in the Office of the General Counsel at NASA Headquarters.  He has been awarded NASA’s Spaceship Earth Award for Outstanding Community Service and Leadership, as well as citations from NASA’s Office of the Inspector General and the Kennedy Space Center.

Previously, Mr. Hall spent several years as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the United States Department of Commerce, where he counseled political principals, foreign governments, and client agencies on international trade and export policies affecting national security, foreign policy, and economic interests.  He also advised U.S. industry regarding export control policy and regulations.  In 1994, Mr. Hall was awarded the Commerce Department's highest honor, the Gold Medal, for his work in developing effective export control programs in the newly-democratic nations of Central and Eastern Europe.

Prior to joining the government, Mr. Hall was in private law practice with the Washington, D.C., firm of Preston, Gates, Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, where his practice focused upon international trade, international law, and litigation.  He also served in the United States Senate on the staff of Senator Pete V. Domenici for four years.

Mr. Hall is the author of several nationally-published articles and is a frequent speaker on export control, national security, and international policy matters.  He was also an elected City Councilmember for the City of Rockville, Maryland, and was reelected to two terms in that office by the largest margin of any candidate.  Rockville is the County seat for Maryland’s largest county, and is one of the largest cities in the State of Maryland.

Mr. Hall is a graduate of the Washington & Lee University School of Law and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.  He is admitted to the Virginia Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.