Speakers 2025
Adriana Reséndez Maldonado
Mexico Commissioner
International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC)
International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC)
Alejandro Robles
Director
NOS Noroeste Sustentable
NOS Noroeste Sustentable
Alejandro Celorio
Senior International Counsel
Alicia Kerber
Consul General
Consulate General Mexico in San Diego
Consulate General Mexico in San Diego
Ana Paula Ordorica
Journalist
Andrew Selee
President
Migration Policy Institute
Migration Policy Institute
Anne McLellan
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Antonio Villaraigosa
Former LA Mayor
Antonio Ortiz Mena
Founder & CEO, AOM Advisors
Barbara F. Walter
Professor
Rohr Chair in Pacific International Relations
Rohr Chair in Pacific International Relations
Betsy Fischer Martin
Executive Director
Women and Politics Institute, American University
Women and Politics Institute, American University
Carlos González Gutiérrez
Consul General
Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles
Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles
Carlos Guaipatin
Senior specialist in Science and Technology
Inter-American Development Bank
Inter-American Development Bank
Carlos Pascual
Senior Vice President
Geopolitics & International Affairs S&P Global
Geopolitics & International Affairs S&P Global
Caroline Freund
Dean, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Catalina Stern Forgach
Director of UNAM Center for Mexican Studies -Tucson
Catheryn Camacho Bolanos
Associate director
UC San Diego Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
UC San Diego Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
Celina Realuyo
Professor of Practice
William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University
William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University
Claudia Ruiz Massieu
Mexican Congresswoman
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Cristina Planter
Coordinator
North American Political Affairs
Mexican Foreign Minister
North American Political Affairs
Mexican Foreign Minister
Dara Lind
Senior Fellow
American Immigration Council
American Immigration Council
David Victor
Professor
UC San Diego School of Global Policy
UC San Diego School of Global Policy
Eduardo Guerrero
Partner
Lantia Consultores
Lantia Consultores
Exequiel Ezcurra
Professor of Ecology
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of California, Riverside
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of California, Riverside
Gerardo Cervantes
Chief Commercial Officer
Saavi Energia
Saavi Energia
Javier Tello
Political Analyst
Jeffrey Davidow
Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Jesse Discroll
Professor, Chair, Global Leadership Institute, UC San Diego Department of Political Science
Joaquín Ruiz
Dean
College of Science and Professor, Geochemistry, University of Arizona
College of Science and Professor, Geochemistry, University of Arizona
John Feeley
Former United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama
José Antonio Meade Kuribreña
USMEX Board Chair
Julia Carabias
Mexico's Secretary of the Environment, Natural
resources and Fisheries
resources and Fisheries
Kenia Zamarripa
Vice President
International & Public Affairs, San Diego Chamber of Commerce
International & Public Affairs, San Diego Chamber of Commerce
Lorenza Martinez Trigueros
Chief Operating Officer
Intercam Mexico
Intercam Mexico
Maria-Elena Giner
Former U.S. Commissioner
Maria S. Salinas
President & CEO
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Meredith Lilly
Professor
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
Michael Camuñez
President and CEO
Monarch Global Strategies LLC
Monarch Global Strategies LLC
Michelle Fridman
Secretary
Ministry of Tourism of Jalisco
Ministry of Tourism of Jalisco
Olivia Grave
Chair
San Diego Divisional Academic Senate
San Diego Divisional Academic Senate
Octavio Aburto
Professor
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Peter Cowhey
Board Chair
California Council on Science and Technology
UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
California Council on Science and Technology
UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Pradeep Khosla
Chancellor
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Rafael Fernández de Castro
Director, USMEX and Aaron Feldman Family Chancellor's Endowed Chair in U.S.-Mexican Studies
Reyna Torres
Consul General
Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago
Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago
Judge Robert Lasnik
Judge
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Roberto Velasco
Chief Officer for North America
Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Santiago García
Chancellor Mexico City
Universidad Panamericana
Universidad Panamericana
Steve Levitsky
Professor and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Harvard University
Harvard University
Tania Ortíz Mena
President
Sempra Infrastructure
Sempra Infrastructure
USMEX Forum Awardee 2025
Tom Shannon
Senior International Policy Advisor
Arnold & Porter
Arnold & Porter
Zinnya del Villa
Data and Technology Director
Data-Pop Alliance
Data-Pop Alliance