A Stronger Future

Policy Recommendations for U.S.-Mexico Relations

Envisioning the Future of the U.S.-Mexico Relationship Participant List

Carlos Heredia

Project Director, Freedom House – Mexico

Director of International Studies, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, CIDE, former Member of Congress

Bill Bratton

Phil Heymann

Mariclaire Acosta

Chairman, Kroll Advisory Solutions, former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department and former New York City Police Commissioner

Geoffrey Cowan President, The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands

John Engler President, Business Roundtable, former Governor of Michigan

Rafael Fernández de Castro

James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, former Deputy Attorney General

Barry Jackson Chief of Staff to the Speaker of the House John Boehner

Enrique Krauze Historian and Essayist, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Letras Libres

Isaac Lee President, News, Univision Communications Inc.

Chair, Department of International Studies, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, former Foreign Policy Advisor to President Calderón

Chairman, JFH Lozoya Investments

Michael Govan

Mel Martinez

CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Chairman, Florida, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for JPMorgan Chase & Co., Chairman, JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Jane Harman Director, President, and CEO, Wilson Center, former Member of Congress

Emilio Lozoya

Doris Meissner Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute, former Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service

Condoleezza Rice (Special Presentation) Thomas & Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy, Stanford University, former Secretary of State and National Security Adviser to President George W. Bush

Bill Richardson

Retreat Staff David R. Ayón Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute, Wilson Center

Cinny Kennard

Chairman, APCO Global Political Strategies, former Governor of New Mexico, Ambassador to the United Nations, and Secretary of Energy

Senior Adviser to the President, The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands

Arturo Sarukhan

Andrew Selee

Ambassador of Mexico to the United States

Vice President for Programs and Director of the Mexico Institute, Wilson Center

Daniel Servitje CEO, Grupo Bimbo

Pamela K. Starr

Roberto Suro

Associate Professor of International Relations and Public Diplomacy and Director of the U.S.-Mexico Network, University of Southern California

Professor, University of Southern California, Director, Tomás Rivera Institute

Kristie Thompson

Jorge Tello Head of International Information Development, CEMEX, former Security Advisor to President Calderón, former Director, CISEN

Project Manager, The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands

Christopher Wilson Associate, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center

Antonio Villaraigosa Mayor of Los Angeles

Roger Wallace Vice President, Government Affairs, Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Advisory Board Co-Chair, Mexico Institute

A Stronger Future: Policy Recommendations for U.S.-Mexico Relations | 3

Top Recommendations Elections in both countries in 2012 present an opportunity to assess and improve relations; here’s how: ●●

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Create a Joint North American Production and Export Platform by negotiating global trade agreements as a bloc and making border crossings more efficient. Strengthen U.S. federal,