AGENDA 2022
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
3:00 pm
Arrival / Hotel Check-in
Accommodations
Capital Hilton
1001 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Board of Directors Meeting
Verizon Technology and
Policy Center
1300 I Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20005
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Decatur House
1610 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
Panel I. Democracy in the Americas
- Amb. Earl Anthony Wayne, Former Career
Ambassador to Afghanistan, Argentina, and Mexico - Amb. Miguel Basáñez E., Former Ambassador of
Mexico to the U.S. - Amb. Juan Sosa, Former Panama Ambassador
to the U.S. in Exile, President & CEO, US-Panama
Business Council
Moderator: Steve Lande, President, Manchester
Trade, LTD
Panel II. Supply Chain & Reshoring
- Javier Velez Bautista, CEO, El Dorado Foods
- Oscar Del Cueto Cuevas, President and
Executive Representative, Canadian Pacific
Kansas City de México - Haydn Powell, Senior VP, Manufacturing and
Supply Chain, Onward Technologies - Andy Birken, Partner, Intco Medical
Technology Co. Ltd., Former SVP Global
Sourcing – Medical, McKesson Corporation
Moderator: Marisela Caraballo DiRuggiero,
Director of Trade Development, Port of Los
Angeles
Panel III. Security & Immigration Democracy in the
Americas
- Tommy Gonzalez, City Manager, City of El
Paso, Texas - Robert E. Perez, Founder and CEO, P4
Partners, LLC - David Aguilar, CEO, DVA Group, LLC
- Edgar Zurita, Managing Director, Latin
America, Nardello & Co.
Moderator: Sergio Garcia, Senior Advisor
Binational Trade Relations, USMCOC
Mexico’s Economic Development: Oaxaca and Queretaro
- Marco A. Del Prete, Secretary of Sustainable
Development of the State of Queretaro - Raúl Ruiz, Secretary of Economic Development of
the State of Oaxaca
Lunch
Reception
Organization of American States
200 17th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
Good Neighbor Awards
Dinner Gala
Welcoming Remarks
- Hon. Albert Zapanta, President and CEO,
USMCOC - Dr. José Zozaya, Chairman, USMCOC
Invocation
- Rabbi Levi Shemtov
Special Message
- H.E. Francisco O. Mora, Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the
Organization of American States - H. E. Esteban Moctezuma Barragán,
Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S. and Honorary
Chairman, USMCOC - H. E. Kenneth Salazar, Ambassador of the U.S.
to Mexico, and Honorary Chairman, USMCOC
Private Sector Leadership Award
- Mr. Keith Creel, President and CEO, Canadian
Pacific / KCS - Mr. Jean Claude Tissot, President and
CEO, Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages – Arca
Continental
Public Sector Leadership Award - The Honorable Xavier Becerra, U.S. Secretary
of Health and Human Services - The Honorable Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón,
Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Hemisphere Leadership Award
- Vice-Admiral Alexandre Rabello de Faria,
Chairman of the Council of Deleg
