MEXICO Business Leaders Delegation

May 4 May 5, 2015

Washington, DC
On behalf of the White House, ProMexico, and Global Ties U.S. we welcome you to
Washington, DC. The purpose of this visit is to connect you with White House senior
administration officials and senior Mexican officials in the U.S. to better understand the
status of the U.S./Mexico bilateral relationship through informal and formal gatherings.
During your visit, we have scheduled two meetings, one at The White House and at the
Embassy of Mexico to the United States. We will follow up this week with an agenda and list
of participants to brief you accordingly. To access The White House for the meeting in the
morning and the reception in the afternoon you will need to bring your passport, there are no
exceptions.
Please note your spouses are welcome to all social gatherings. If you have any questions
during your visit please contact Ximena, Enrique, or Daniel.
We look forward to hosting you.

POINTS OF CONTACT DURING VISIT:

Ximena Gonzalez: White House
956.266.8734 mobile
xgonzalez@who.eop.gov
Enrique Perret: ProMexico
202.549.6227 mobile
enrique.perret@promexico.gob.mx
Daniel Bremer-Wirtig: Global Ties U.S.
202.494.2383 mobile
DBremer@globaltiesus.org

SCHEDULE

Monday, May 4th

Welcome Reception and Cocktails
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: The Graham Georgetown (rooftop)
Address: 1075 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Attire: Business Casual
Note: Spouses Welcome
Tuesday, May 5th
Meeting at The White House
Time: 8:45 AM-10:00 AM Please arrive no later than 8:30 AM to process through security.
Location: Eisenhower Executive Office Building RM 208
Address: 1650 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Drop-off at 17th and State Place, NW (map attached
for your reference)
Attire: Business
Note: To access The White House complex you need your passport and government issued
photo ID.
United States Government

Ben Rhodes Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for
Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, National Security Council, The White
House (Drop By),
Roberta Jacobson Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs,
U.S. Department of State
Mark Feierstein Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western
Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council, The White House
Juan Gonzalez Special Advisor to the Vice President for Western Hemisphere
Affairs, Office of the Vice President, The White House
John Andersen Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Government of Mexico

Enrique Perret Regional Director for North America, ProMexico

Antonio Ortiz Mena Head of Economic Affairs, Embassy of Mexico

Business Leaders

Ian Armstrong Zambrano Evercore Casa de Bolsa / CEMEX Board

Javier Arroyo Navarro Fragua Group/Farmacias Guadalajara
Santiago Cortina Gallardo GEPP Pepsi
Eva Fernandez Garza Fundacin FEMSA

Vidal Garza-Cantu Fundacin FEMSA

Pedro de Garay Montero Grupo Bursatil Mexicano
Dionisio Garza Sada Fondo Topaz
Alejandro Legorreta Sabino Capital
Andres Medina Mora Grupo Bursatil Mexicano
Rodrigo Quintana Kawage ICA Group
Mauricio Trejo Mayor of San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
Fernando Turner Katcon Global S.A.
Daniel Zylbersztejn Hormiga Group

Meeting at the Embassy of Mexico with Ambassador Alejandro Estivill

Time: 11:00 AM-11:45 AM
Location: Office of the Ambassador
Address: 1911 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Attire: Business
Note: To access the Embassy of Mexico you will need a government issued photo ID.

Cinco de Mayo Reception: 153rd Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla & Ohtli Award
Time: 12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Location: Instituto Cultural de Mexico
Address: 2829 16th Street, NW
Attire: Business/Cocktail
Note: Spouses welcome

The White House Cinco de Mayo Reception*

Time: 4:00 PM-7:30 PM
Location: The White House
Address: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Entry is at 15th Street, NW and Alexander Hamilton
Place, NW (map attached for your reference)
*Entry is different from the entry for the morning meeting
Attire: Business/Cocktail
Note: Spouses welcome. To access the White House complex you need your passport and
government issued photo ID.
Note: Please confirm your RSVP with Ximena Gonzalez at xgonzalez@who.eop.gov
Closing Reception
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: POV Rooftop at the W Hotel
Address: 515 15th Street, NW (Walking distance from The White House)
Attire: Business/Cocktail
Note: Spouses welcome

USG Delegation
Meeting with Mexican Business Leaders
WASHINGTON, DC
MAY 5, 2015
BIOGRAPHIES

Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for
Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, National Security Council, The White
House
Ben Rhodes is the Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for
Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, overseeing President Obamas national
security communications, speechwriting, and global engagement. Previously, he served as
Deputy Director of White House Speechwriting, and as a Senior Speechwriter for the Obama
campaign. Prior to joining Obama for America, he worked for several years as Special
Assistant to Lee Hamilton at the Wilson Center, where he helped draft the Iraq Study Group
Report and the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. He is the co-author, with Lee
Hamilton and Tom Kean, of Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission. A
native of New York City, Ben has a B.A. from Rice University, and an M.F.A. from New
York University.
Roberta S. Jacobson, Assistant Secretary Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of
State
Roberta S. Jacobson was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere
Affairs on March 30, 2012. Previously Ms. Jacobson was the Acting Assistant Secretary
since July 18, 2011. She served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western
Hemisphere Affairs from December 2010 until July 2011, with responsibility for regional
political and economic issues, management and personnel, and regional security issues. In
addition to her role as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, she was the senior coordinator
for the Citizen Security initiatives in the Western Hemisphere. From June 2007 until that
date, she was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Canada, Mexico and NAFTA issues in the
Bureau. She served as Director of the Office of Mexican Affairs from December
2002. From 2000-2002, she was Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Lima, Peru,
and between 1996 and 2000, Ms. Jacobson was director of the Office of Policy Planning and
Coordination in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, covering issues such as civilmilitary relations, human rights, foreign assistance, and counternarcotics throughout the
hemisphere. Ms. Jacobson has also served as Coordinator for Cuban Affairs within the
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, executive assistant to the Assistant Secretary (199394), special assistant to the Assistant Secretary (1989-1992), and at the National Security
Council (1988).
Ms. Jacobson holds a Masters of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy (1986) and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University. She also worked
for the United Nations from 1982-1984 in the Center for Social Development and
Humanitarian Affairs. She is the author of articles on The Committee for the Elimination of
Discrimination Against Women in The United Nations and Human Rights (Oxford
University Press; 1990) and Liberation Theology as a Revolutionary Ideology.

Mark Feierstein, Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security
Council, The White House
Mark Feierstein serves as the Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, National
Security Council at the White House. He was formerly the associate administrator at the U.S.
Agency for International Development, managing a range of agency and inter-agency policy
priorities. He was also the assistant administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean.
He previously served as principal and vice president at the international polling firm
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner. He has overseen public opinion research in over 30 countries,
gaining insights into the views of citizens around the world on a range of topics .Before
joining Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, Feierstein served as director of USAID's Global Elections
Office. He also worked in the State Department as special assistant to the U.S. ambassador to
the Organization of American States, where he negotiated with diplomats from the Americas
on an array of regional issues. Prior to that, he was director for Latin America and the
Caribbean at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, overseeing programs
to strengthen democratic institutions in developing countries.
Feierstein, who is fluent in Spanish, has worked as a journalist in the United States and in
Mexico and has published articles on international issues for leading major newspapers and
journals. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Tufts University and his M.A. from the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Brian Harris, Director for North American Affairs, National Security Council,
The White House
Brian Harris is the Director for North American Affairs at the National Security Council. He
joined the NSC from the Department of State, where he most recently served as Economic
Counselor at U.S. Embassy, Mexico City. Prior to his current assignment, Brian served in
Baghdad and Islamabad as Chief of Staff to the Ambassadors at both Embassies. He has also
served as Economic Counselor in Guatemala, and has served in Warsaw and Caracas.
From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Harris was Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Colin Powell and
Condoleezza Rice. From 2005 to 2007 he coordinated the United States participation in the
U.N. General Assembly and worked on U.S. policy before the U.N. Security Council.
Mr. Harris has earned numerous Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards since joining the
Foreign Service in 1998. He earned degrees in international relations and economics from
Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles, California and is conversant in Polish and
fluent in Spanish. A native of Bellingham, Washington, Brian currently resides in the
Washington DC area with his wife and two daughters.

Juan Gonzalez, Special Advisor to the Vice President on Western Hemisphere Affairs
Juan Sebastian Gonzalez works in the White House as Special Advisor to Vice President Joe
Biden on Western Hemisphere Affairs. In this capacity, Juan advises the Vice President on all
policy matters related to the region; represents the Vice President before the U.S.
interagency; and coordinates policy development on Vice Presidential priorities, including
U.S.-Brazil relations, the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue, the Caribbean
Energy Security Initiative, and Central America. He has accompanied the Vice President on

seven visits to eight countries in the region, including Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, the
Dominican Republic, Panama, and Guatemala.
From 2011-2013, Juan served as National Security Council Staff Director for the Andes
(Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela), where he coordinated U.S. policy decision-making
and advised the Presidents National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor
on matters related to U.S. policy in the Andean region and China-Latin American relations.
While at the National Security Council, Juan organized the Presidents visit to Colombia for
the 2012 Summit of the Americas and managed interagency preparations for President
Barack Obamas 2013 Oval Office meeting with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala.
Prior to joining the White House, Juan served in various capacities in the Department of
States Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, including Chief of Staff to Assistant
Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Policy Planning Officer, Principal Staff Assistant to Assistant
Secretary Thomas A. Shannon, and Colombia Desk Economic Officer. Juan was also a Peace
Corps Volunteer in Huehuetenango, Guatemala and worked as a Legislative Assistant to New
York State Assemblyman Sam Hoyt (D-144).
Juan received an M.A. with distinction from Georgetown Universitys Edmund A. Walsh
School of Foreign Service and a B.S. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is
a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and speaks fluent Spanish. He is a
native of Cartagena, Colombia, has lived and studied in Mexico, and has visited nearly every
country in the Western Hemisphere.
John Andersen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere, International
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce
As DAS for the Western Hemisphere, Mr. Andersen is responsible for developing programs,
policies and strategies designed to strengthen the United States' commercial position in the
Western Hemisphere. Mr. Andersen is also serving as the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Global Markets at the International Trade Administration which assists and
advocates for U.S. businesses in international markets. In this capacity he is responsible for
overseeing both market access and commercial issues and leading staff in over 100 U.S.
locations and in over 70 countries. Prior to this position, Mr. Andersen was the Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Market Access and Compliance unit. He also served as
Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs in the former Market Access and
Compliance unit in the International Trade Administration. He has been involved in a number
of major international and bilateral negotiations, including the Uruguay Round of Multilateral
Trade Negotiations, and Free Trade Negotiations with Canada, Chile, Central America and
the Dominican Republic, Peru, Colombia, and Panama. He was a key member of the
Presidents Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba.
Mr. Andersen is also the current Chairman of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) SME Working Group for the 2015-2016 APEC years.
He has received three Department of Commerce Silver Medals, the Departments second
highest honor. Mr. Andersen has a Masters of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public
Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in history from the University of Texas at
San Antonio.