Regina
Gándara
Executive Director
Mexican Business Council
rgandara@cmn.mx
Mexico
Biography
Regina Gándara Mendoza is Executive Director of the Mexican Business Council. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from TEC de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education). Regina has held diverse positions in Mexico’s federal government, including responsibilities at the Ministry of Economy, Promexico (Mexico´s trade promotion agency), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Government. She has experience leading teams that engage with government, private sector and international organizations. At the Ministry of Economy, she served as executive secretary of Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo (2012-2018) and Secretary Bruno Ferrari (2010-2012). In the private sector, she was head of government relations at Grupo Kaltex (2005-2008).
Reasons to join the program
In the Mexican Business Council we work towards strenghtening economic relations with the US. We support the work of the US Mexico Foundation to exchange more information, cultural activities, and understanding of the social, political and economical aspects of both countries. This visit is key to develop relevant alliances and strenghten our role as change makers. We coordinate visits from Congress Representative staffers to Mexico and we are eager to send more Mexican leaders to different US destinations to learn and strengthen our bilateral relations.
