February, 2017 Meeting

We’re honored to have as speakers, Louise Blais, Consul General of the Canadian Consulate, and Javier Díaz de León, Consul General of the Mexican Consulate. The Consuls General will conduct a panel discussion on trade and NAFTA.

Ms. Louise Blais has served abroad as Counsellor at the Embassy in Washington and Tokyo and as Minister-Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Embassy in Paris. In Ottawa, she has held the position of Director of the Public Diplomacy Division and Executive Director of the Rotational Staff Division before being appointed Consul General of Canada in Atlanta. She holds a B.A. from McGill University in Montreal.

Sr. Javier Díaz de León has served 25 years in the Mexican Foreign Service and currently holds the rank of Minister. He has held consulate positions in San Diego, New York and Raleigh, NC, where he was Consul General. In 2016, he was appointed by President Enrique Peña Nieto as Consul General for Atlanta. His undergraduate degree is from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and he holds a Masters in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent in England.