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SEIZE THE DAY
The continent’s leaders face numerous domestic and global crises—and they need each other to chart a course for a better future.
Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan is an international strategic advisor, public speaker, and a media contributor based in Washington, D.C., and a former Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. He is a nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, an adjunct professor at SAIS-Johns Hopkins , a distinguished visiting professor at the Annenberg School of Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, and an Associate Fellow at The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in the U.K.
Ambassador Sarukhan writes a biweekly column on international issues in Mexico City’s El Universal newspaper and frequently publishes op-eds in U.S. media outlets. He participates in weekly television and radio newscasts in Mexico.
He currently serves on corporate boards, and as a member of the board of directors for the Americas Society in New York City and the Inter-American Dialogue; former chairman of Open Society Foundation’s International Migration Initiative advisory board; and an advisory board member of Washington, D.C.’s bid as a host city for the 2026 World Cup in North America.
Ambassador Sarukhan served as a career diplomat in the Mexican Foreign Service for 22 years. From 2007 to 2013, he served as Mexico’s ambassador to the United States, becoming a digital diplomacy pioneer. Previously, he served, among other positions, as consul general in New York, and chief of policy planning and deputy assistant secretary for inter-American affairs at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has been decorated by Spain and Sweden and is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for his diplomatic career.