He is a professional in Law with a degree of State Attorney from Universidad de la República de Montevideo (UDELAR); holds a Master in International Relations from Universidad Centroamericana de Nicaragua (UCA) and a Master in International Business and Policies Formulation from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (HEI) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Steve Liston is senior director at the Washington, DC office of the Council of the Americas, where he manages the Trade Advisory Group, trade policy, engagement with multilateral institutions, and member outreach. As a U.S. Foreign Service officer, Liston’s overseas postings included Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Spain, where he was deputy chief of mission and chargé d’affaires.

Mack McLarty cofounded McLarty Associates in 1998 following a distinguished record of business leadership and public service, including various roles advising three U.S. Presidents: Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter. McLarty is also chairman of the McLarty Companies, a fourth-generation family transportation business.

Madeleine K. Albright is a professor, author, diplomat and businesswoman who served as the 64th secretary of state of the United States. In 1997, she was named the first female secretary of state and became, at that time, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Albright served as the U.S. permanent representative to the UN and was a member of the President’s Cabinet. She is a professor in the practice of diplomacy at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Dr.

Mauricio Mesquita Moreira is principal economic advisor of the integration and trade sector of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He received a PhD in economics from the University College London. Prior, Mesquita Moreira held a position at the research department of the Development Bank of Brazil (BNDES), and taught at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the lead author of, among other studies, Too Far to Export: Domestic Transport Costs and Regional Export Disparities in Latin America.

Ken Roberts, president of WorldCity, is a contributor to Forbes.com as well as a two-term member of the Federal Reserve's Trade and Transportation Advisory Board. His company, WorldCity, analyzes monthly U.S. Census Bureau data at USTradeNumbers.com and has published TradeNumbers products for more than 20 markets.
 

Sonja Wolf is a Cátedra CONACYT assistant professor with the drug policy program at the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE) in Mexico. She is also a visiting fellow at the Latin America and Caribbean Centre (LACC) of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Previously, Wolf held research positions at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the Mexico City-based Institute for Security and Democracy (INSYDE).

Andrew Selee has been the president of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a nonpartisan institution that seeks to improve immigration and integration policies, since August 2017. Prior to that, he spent 17 years at the Woodrow Wilson Center, where he founded the center’s Mexico Institute and later served as vice president for programs and executive vice president. He has also worked as staff in the U.S. Congress and on development and migration programs in Tijuana, Mexico with the YMCAs.

Maria Otero served as U.S. undersecretary of state for civilian security, democracy and human rights under Secretary Hillary Clinton from 2009 to 2013. Otero also served as President Barack Obama’s special representative for Tibetan issues. Born in La Paz, Bolivia, Otero was formerly president and chief executive officer of ACCION International, a leader in microfinance and economic development. Previously, Otero was the economist for Latin America at the Women in Development office of the U.S.

Joaquim Levy is the director for economic strategy and market relations at Banco Safra S.A. He has been president of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), managing director and CFO of the World Bank Group, and minister of finance of Brazil. Levy formerly served as chief strategist and CEO of Bradesco Asset Management and as vice president for finance and administration at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).