Speakers 2024
With the 2024 presidential elections approaching in Mexico and the United States, the upcoming U.S.-Mexico Forum is positioned to play a pivotal role as a policy gathering. This year’s edition invites scholars, policymakers, and experts to delve into the far-reaching consequences of decisions made by presidential candidates on crucial issues in both countries.
Alejandra Palacios
Senior Fellow
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
Amb. Alicia G. Kerber-Palma
Consul General
Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego
Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego
Invited
Andrew I. Rudman
Director
Mexico Institute Wilson Center
Mexico Institute Wilson Center
Andrew Selee
President
Migration Policy Institute
Migration Policy Institute
Amb. Arturo Sarukhan
President
Sarukhan and Associates LLC
Sarukhan and Associates LLC
Angélica Ruiz
Regional President LATAM
BP
BP
Beatriz Leycegui
Partner
SAI Law and Economics
SAI Law and Economics
Amb. Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez
Consul General
Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles
Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles
Invited
Carlos Laviada
Awardee
2024 Jeffrey Davidow Good Neighbor Award
2024 Jeffrey Davidow Good Neighbor Award
Carlos Pascual
Vice President for Global Energy and International Affairs
Carlos Serrano
Chief Economist Mexico
BBVA
BBVA
Caroline Freund
Dean, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Cecilia Farfan
Senior Fellow for Security, Center for U.S.Mexican Studies, UC San Diego
Celina Reayulo
Professor of Practice
National Defense University
National Defense University
Ciro Murayama
USMEX Fellow
Professor, UNAM
Professor, UNAM
Catheryn Camacho Bolanos
USMEX Associate Director
David Danks
Professor of Data Science & Philosophy
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
David Shirk
Professor, Political Science and International Relations, University of San Diego
David Victor
Professor
UC San Diego School of Global Policy
UC San Diego School of Global Policy
Denisse Dresser
Political Analyst and Professor of Political Science, ITAM
Diana Alarcón
Chief Advisor and International Affairs Coordinator for Claudia Sheinbaum
Elena Estavillo
Former Commissioner, Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute
Eli Berman
Research Director for International Security Studies, UC San Diego
Elizabeth Lyons
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Elizabeth Simmons
Vice Chancellor
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Erin Baggott
Assistant Professor
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
Invited
Fernando León
President
CETYS
CETYS
Francisco Marmolejo
President of Higher Education, Qatar Foundation
Gabriela Warketin
Journalist
WRadio
WRadio
Gastón Luken
USMEX Board Member and Awardee 2023
Gerardo Esquivel
Former Mexican Central Bank Board member
Gina Cruz Blackledge
Mexican Senator
Gordon Hanson
iPeter Wertheim Professorn Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and CCGT Senior Fellow, UC San Diego
Gustavo Mohar
Founder and CEO
Grupo Atalaya
Grupo Atalaya
Ildefonso Guajardo
Mexican Congressman
Invited
Heraldo Muñoz
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile
Javier Tello
Political Analyst
Jeffrey Davidow
Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
John Feeley
Executive Director, Center for Media Integrity of the Americas
José Galicot
USMEX Board Member and Awardee 2022
Julia Preston
Contributing Writer
The Marshall Project
The Marshall Project
Kathleen Bruhn
Professor Political Science
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara
Laura Diez Barroso
Awardee 2024 Jeffrey Davidow Good Neighbor Awardee
Leonardo Curzio
Researcher CISAN-UNAM
Leonardo Lomelí
President
UNAM
UNAM
Lilly Meredith
Associate Professor and Simon Reisman Chair in International Economic Policy, Carleton University
Lila Abed
Acting Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson
Louise Blais
Ambassador and Senior Special Advisor
Business Council of Canada
Business Council of Canada
Luz María De la Mora
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council
Atlantic Council
Maria Abi-Habib
Journalist
NY Times Mexico
NY Times Mexico
INVITED
María Ariza
CEO
BIVA
BIVA
Marisa A. Abrajano
Professor of Political Science
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Michael Camuñez
President and CEO
Monarch Global Strategies LLC
Monarch Global Strategies LLC
Natalie Kitroeff
Journalist
NY Times
NY Times
INVITED
Pamela Starr
Associate Professor and Director
U.S.-Mexico Network
USC University of Southern California
U.S.-Mexico Network
USC University of Southern California
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
Amb. Roberta Jacobson
U.S. Ambassador
Dinámica Américas
Dinámica Américas
Roberto Velasco
Chief Officer for North America
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sandra Ley
Coordinator of the Security Program México Evalúa
Santiago García Alvárez
Chancellor
Universidad Panamericana
Universidad Panamericana
Sergio I. García Ríos
Associate Director for Research, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, The University of Texas at Austin
Tamara Cunningham
Assistant Vice Chancellor-Global Initiatives
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Tania Ortíz Mena
President
Sempra Infrastructure
Sempra Infrastructure
Thad Kousser
Professor of Political Science
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Theresa Cardinal Brown
Managing Director of immigration and cross-border policy
Bipartisan Policy Center
Bipartisan Policy Center
Tom Shannon
Senior International Policy Advisor
Arnold & Porter
Arnold & Porter
Tom Wong
Associate Professor of Political Science
UC San Diego
UC San Diego