51st Annual Washington Conference on the Americas

Kamala D. Harris is the vice president of the United States. She was elected vice president after a lifetime of public service, having served as district attorney of San Francisco, California attorney general, and U.S. senator. Vice President Harris was born in Oakland...

Antony J. Blinken is the 71st U.S. Secretary of State. He was nominated by President Joe Biden on November 23, 2020; confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 26, 2021; and sworn in by Vice President Kamala D. Harris the following day.

Over three decades and three presidential...

Gina Raimondo serves as the 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce and was sworn in by Vice President Kamala D. Harris on March 3, 2021. As secretary of commerce, she is focused on a simple but vital mission: to spur good-paying jobs, empower entrepreneurs to innovate and grow, and help...

Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as secretary of the Department of Homeland Secretary (DHS) by President Joe Biden on February 2, 2021.

Secretary Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant confirmed to serve as DHS secretary. He has led a distinguished 30-year career as a law...

Ambassador Katherine Tai was sworn in as the nineteenth U.S. Trade Representative on March 18, 2021. As a member of the President’s cabinet, Ambassador Tai is the principal trade adviser, negotiator, and spokesperson on U.S. trade policy.

Prior to her unanimous Senate...

On January 20, 2021, John F. Kerry was sworn in as the first U.S. special presidential envoy for climate and the first-ever principal to sit on the National Security Council entirely dedicated to climate change. President Joe Biden announced Kerry would have a seat at every table...

U.S. Congressman Gregory Meeks, now in his twelfth term, has devoted his energy and skill to serving one of the most diverse constituencies in the nation. His efforts on behalf of his district, the New York 5th, and the nation as a whole have earned Chairman Meeks the respect of...

Julie Chung currently serves as the acting assistant secretary of the State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA).

Chung became the principal deputy assistant secretary in WHA in November 2018. She was previously the director for Japan in the Bureau of East...

From June 2005 to September 2008, Roberto Alvarez held the position of permanent representative of the Dominican Republic to the Organization of American States (OAS) with the rank of ambassador. While at the OAS, he served as chairman of the Permanent Council (2005), chair of...

Dr. Julie Gerberding is an executive vice president and the chief patient officer at Merck & Co., Inc., where she is responsible for global public policy, communications, patient engagement, corporate social responsibility, and other functions. She joined Merck in 2010 as...

Robert C. Neff, Jr., is the president of Chevron Middle East, Africa, South America Exploration and Production Company, based in Houston, Texas, a position he assumed July 1, 2020. He is responsible for Chevron’s oil and gas exploration and production activities in the region...

Elizabeth Reicherts serves as General Motors’ interim senior vice president of global public policy. In this role, Reicherts is responsible for leading GM’s engagement on key policies, global and domestic, impacting the company’s business, its customers and its employees.

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Shery Ahn is the New York-based anchor for Bloomberg Television’s flagship market open programs Daybreak Asia and Daybreak Australia. Every weekday from 6 to 9 p.m. ET, Ahn brings the Wall Street close to Bloomberg’s global audience and kickstarts the trading day for investors in...