Speakers 2022
On June 1-2, 2022, USMEX organized the first in-person meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Forum 2025. Nearly 150 people convened to evaluate the progress in each issue area over the first year of Biden’s presidency. The items: the new world order, the state of democracy in Mexico and the U.S., the potential role of action research in policy, consular diplomacy and the power of women in U.S.-Mexico relations.
Abraham Zamora
Sr. Vice President for Corporate and Public Affairs
Sempra Infrastructure
Sempra Infrastructure
Agustín Barrios Gomez
General Partner
International Capital Partners
International Capital Partners
Al Sweedler
Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment
Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
Alejandro Werner
Director
Georgetown Americas Institute
Georgetown Americas Institute
Allert Brown-Gort
Professor
ITAM
ITAM
Alvaro Santos
Professor
Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Ana Mercedes Saiz
Executive Director
Sin Fronteras IAP
Sin Fronteras IAP
Ana Paula Ordorica
Journalist
Andres Rozental
President
Rozental & Asociados
Rozental & Asociados
Antonio Ortiz Mena
Senior Vice President
Albright Stonebridge Group
Albright Stonebridge Group
Ariel Ruiz
Policy Analyst
Migration Policy Institute
Migration Policy Institute
Barbara F. Walter
Rohr Chair in Pacific International Relations, School of Global Policy and Strategy
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Beatriz Leycegui
Partner
SAI Derecho & Economía
SAI Derecho & Economía
Beatriz Paredes
Mexican Senator
Beatriz Zepeda
Professor
El Colegio de México (COLMEX)
El Colegio de México (COLMEX)
Amb. Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez
Consul General
Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego
Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego
Caroline Freund
Dean
UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Catheryn Camacho
UC San Diego
Cecilia Farfan
Head of of Security Research Programs
Center for U.S.Mexican Studies, UC San Diego
Center for U.S.Mexican Studies, UC San Diego
Claudia Masferrer
Professor
El Colegio de México (COLMEX)
El Colegio de México (COLMEX)
Claudia Ruiz Massieu
Mexican Senator
David Fitzgerald
Professor
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
David Victor
School of Global Policy and Strategy
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Earl Anthony Wayne
Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center
Ambassador to Afghanistan, Argentina, and Mexico
Ambassador to Afghanistan, Argentina, and Mexico
Elizabeth Simmons
Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Distinguished Professor of Physics
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Enrique Dussel
Professor
UNAM
UNAM
Eunice Vargas
Professor
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
Fluvio Ruiz Alarcon
Independent Analyst
Francisco Rivas
General Director
Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano
Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano
Gabriela Warketin
Journalist
WRadio
WRadio
Gastón Luken
USMEX Board Member
Gil Tal
Director, the Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center, Institute of Transportation Studies
UC Davis
UC Davis
Giovanni Peri
Professor of Economics
UC Davis
UC Davis
Gordon Hanson
Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Kennedy School
Gudelia Rangel
Professor
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
Guadalupe González González
Associate Professor
Colegio de México (COLMEX)
Colegio de México (COLMEX)
Imer Flores
Professor-Researche
IIJ-UNAM
IIJ-UNAM
Isabel Studer
Director
University of California Alianza MX
University of California Alianza MX
Javier Tello
Mexican Political Analyst and Journalist
Jeffrey Davidow
Senior Counselor and Grupo Cohen
Jeremy Martin
Vice President
Energy & Sustainability
Institute of the Americas
Energy & Sustainability
Institute of the Americas
John McNeece
Senior Fellow for Energy and Trade
Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy
UC San Diego
Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy
UC San Diego
Jose Antonio Meade
Independent non-executive Director
HSBC
HSBC
Jorge Schiavon
Professor
CIDE
CIDE
Jorge Tello Peón
Director
Madison Intelligence
Madison Intelligence
Josué Medellín Azuara
Associate Director
UC Agricultural Issues Center
UC Merced
UC Agricultural Issues Center
UC Merced
Juan Carlos Baker
Founder
Ansley Consultores Internacionales
Ansley Consultores Internacionales
Julio Portales
Vice President Director
Constellation Brands
Constellation Brands
Kurt Honold
Ambassador Lilian Ferrer
Consul General
Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento
Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento
Luciana Gandini
MPI Nonresident Fellow and Senior Researcher
Luis Herrera Lasso
General Director
Grupo COPPAN
Grupo COPPAN
Marcela Orvañanos
Founder
Qualitas of Life Foundation
Qualitas of Life Foundation
Mariana Cordera
Partne
Publika
Publika
Mariana Sanz
CEO Latin America and GM Mexico
Edelman
Edelman
Meredith Lilly
Associate Professor and Associate Director of the MA program
Carleton University
Carleton University
Michael Lettieri
Senior Fellow for Human Rights
School of Global Policy and Strategy
UC San Diego
School of Global Policy and Strategy
UC San Diego
Natalia Saltalamacchia
Interim Director, International Relations Department
ITAM
ITAM
Pamela Starr
Director
U.S.-Mexico Network
USC
U.S.-Mexico Network
USC
Rafael Fernández de Castro
Director
Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy
UC San Diego
Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy
UC San Diego
Raúl Rodríguez-Barocio
Associate Vice President for Internationalization
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Rebecka Lundgren
Associate Professor
Center on Gender Equity and Health
Center on Gender Equity and Health
Rene Zenteno
Professor
University of Texas at San Antonio
University of Texas at San Antonio
Richard Kiy
Chief Executive Officer
Institute of the Americas
Institute of the Americas
Roberto Velasco
Chief Officer for the North America Unit
Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rodolfo Cruz
Professor
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
Samantha Gross
Director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative
Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
Sergio Alcocer
President
COMEXI
COMEXI
Sergio Gómez Lora
General Director
IQOM Inteligencia Comercial
IQOM Inteligencia Comercial
Sergio Silva Castañeda
Researcher
Banco de México
Banco de México
Silvia Giorguli
President
El Colegio de México (COLMEX)
El Colegio de México (COLMEX)
Sofía Ramírez Aguilar
General Director
México ¿Cómo Vamos?
México ¿Cómo Vamos?
Soffía Alarcón
Associate Director
Americas, Schneider Electric Sustainability Business
Americas, Schneider Electric Sustainability Business
Tania Ortiz Mena
President
Mexico Sempra Infrastructure
Mexico Sempra Infrastructure
Theresa Brown
Managing Director of Immigration and Cross-border Policy
Bipartisan Policy Center
Bipartisan Policy Center
Ambassador Thomas E. Reott
Consul General
U.S. Consulate General in TijuanaU.S.
U.S. Consulate General in TijuanaU.S.
Valeria Moy
General Director
IMCO
IMCO
Vanda Felbab-Brown
Vanda Felbab-Brown
Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in Foreign Policy Program
The Brookings Institute
Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in Foreign Policy Program
The Brookings Institute
Verónica Irastorza
Principal
Brattle
Brattle
Vidal Garza Cantú
Director
Global Public Affairs
FEMSA
Global Public Affairs
FEMSA
Viridiana Ríos
Professor
Harvard University
Political Analyst
Harvard University
Political Analyst