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Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border

The Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, the Border Trade Alliance, and the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos invite you to our second annual high-level "Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border" conference. Speakers will discuss the state of the art in border and transportation infrastructure, growth in the energy sector, border-region innovation, and the need for efforts that simultaneously support security and efficiency in border management.Image removed.

Event Sponsors

Mexico Institute

Speakers

Andrew Selee
Andrew Selee
Former Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute;
President, Migration Policy Institute
Jesse Hereford
Chairman, Border Trade Alliance, Director of Business Development, S&B Infrastructure
Jose Martin Garcia
Representative of the Mexican Treasury and Tax Administration Service in Washington, DC
Michael Camuñez
President and CEO, ManattJones Global Strategies, Board Member, Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos
Omar Garcia
President & CEO, South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable
Rachel M. Poynter
Rachel M. Poynter
Deputy Assistant Secretary for North America, Department of State
Alan D. Bersin
Alan D. Bersin
Global Fellow;
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Policy, and Vice President of INTERPOL for the Americas Region
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Calvin Shuler
Associate Executive Director for Field Operations, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Roger McCrary
Director, Global Customs, Global Trade & Compliance, Delphi

Moderators

Denise Ducheny
Denise Moreno Ducheny
Former Senior Policy Advisor, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego; Member, NADB Board of Directors; Former California State Senator
Erik Lee
Erik Lee
Executive Director, North American Research Partnership
Arturo Sarukhan
Arturo Sarukhán
Global Fellow;
Advisory Board Member, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center; Former Mexican Ambassador to the United States; Founder & President, Sarukhan + Associates

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Mexico Institute

The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute.    Read more

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