What the pandemic means for the global economy.
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Pierce has served as the british ambassador to the U.S. at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since March 2020. Previously, she served as the United Kingdom’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York from 2006 to 2009, where she acted as the president of the UN Security Council. Pierce also served as the director general for political affairs and chief operating officer of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
Garza served as the U.S. ambassador to Mexico from 2002 to 2009. He is currently counsel to White & Case in Mexico City and serves as a trustee to Southern Methodist University. He is a past president of the University of Texas at Austin's alumni association. Garza has also served as chair of the Texas Railroad Commission and as Texas secretary of state.
Wayne is a former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and to Argentina and a former deputy ambassador in Afghanistan. Previously, he worked for three U.S. secretaries of state as the assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs. Wayne is a public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a senior non-resident adviser at the Atlantic Council and at the Center for Security and International Studies.
