Adam Hunter is Senior Advisor to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security. In this capacity he coordinates agency-wide priorities across communications, strategic planning, management and field operations. Previously in the USCIS Office of Citizenship, Adam managed citizenship and immigrant integration policy research, interagency initiatives, and international engagement.

Prior to joining USCIS in 2007, Adam led projects at the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Center for American Progress in Washington, DC on issues related to national security and immigration. He previously worked in Berlin, Germany managing a nationwide election campaign for a candidate to the European Parliament and then in Brussels, Belgium coordinating the new member’s office and his foreign policy and justice and home affairs priorities.

Adam started his career in Washington, DC, managing foreign policy grants and institutional relationships at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and additionally led study tours and conferences to promote transatlantic cooperation.

Adam was awarded a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship in 2003-2004 and served as Board Member and past President of the Robert Bosch Foundation Alumni Association (RBFAA). Since 2008 he is both a Truman Security Fellow and Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration (TFMI) Fellow. He is also a participant of the American Council on Germany-Draeger Foundation Young Leaders’ Study Group on the Future of Europe.

Adam graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BA in German and European Studies and holds a Masters in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He speaks German and French.