U.S. – MEXICO STATE ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP PARTNER CONTACT INFORMATION
(updated 01/30/2012)

Overall Program Coordination:

The Council of State Governments
Edgar Ruiz
Executive Director
The Council of State Governments-WEST
1107 Ninth Street, Suite 730
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-mail: eruiz@cg.org
Office: (916) 553-4423
Fax: (916) 446-5760
Cell: (916) 501-5070
Web: www.csgwest.org

Martha Castañeda
Program Manager, U.S.-Mexico State Alliance Partnership
The Council of State Governments-WEST
1107 Ninth Street, Suite 730
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-mail: mcastaneda@csg.org
Office: (916) 553-4423
Fax: (916) 446-5760
Cell: (916) 267-3212

Chris Whatley
Washington Director
The Council of State Governments
444 North Capitol, NW, Suite 401
Washington, DC 20001
E-mail: cwhatley@csg.org
Office: (202) 624-5460
Fax: (202) 624-5452
United States Agency for International Development – Mexico (Funding Entity)

Tom Delaney
Mission Director, USAID/Mexico
U.S. Embassy Mexico
Paseo de la Reforma 305
Col. Cuauhtemoc
Mexico, D.F. 06500
Office: 011-52-55-5080-2257
Fax: 011-52-55-5525-5040

Elizabeth Bauch*
Municipal Finance and Governance Advisor, USAID/Mexico
U.S. Embassy Mexico
Paseo de la Reforma 305
Col. Cuauhtémoc
Mexico, D.F. 06500
E-mail: ebauch@usaid.gov
Office: 011-52-55-5080-2105
* Primary USAID program contact

Border Legislative Conference
Paul Somerhausen
Program Director, Border Legislative Conference (BLC)
The Council of State Governments – WEST
1107 Ninth Street, Suite 730
Sacramento, CA 95814
Email: psomerhausen@csg.org
Office: (916) 553-4423
Fax: (916) 446-5760
Cell: (916) 296-4251
Web: www.borderlegislators.org

Conference of Western Attorneys General
Karen White
Executive Director
Conference of Western Attorneys General (CWAG)
1300 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Email: karen.white@cwagweb.org
Office: (916) 323-1992
Fax: (916) 323-0241
Cell: (916) 833-2603
Web: www.cwagweb.org

Susan Lustig, Esq.
Administrative Director
Conference of Western Attorneys General, Alliance Partnership (CWAG AP)
Email: susan.lustig@cwagweb.org
Cell: (805) 264-4277
Web: www.cwagweb.org/ap

National Association of Attorneys General
James E. McPherson
Executive Director
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)
2030 M St. N.W., 8th Floor
Washington D.C. 20036
Email: jmcpherson@naag.org
Office: (202) 326-6260
Web: www.naag.org

Chris Toth
Deputy Director
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)
2030 M St. N.W., 8th Floor
Washington D.C. 20036
Office: (202) 326.6260
Email: ctoth@naag.org
Web: www.naag.org

National Association of State Treasurers
Jon Lawniczak
Executive Director
National Association of State Treasurers (NAST)
2760 Research Park Drive
Lexington, KY 40511
Email: jlawniczak@csg.org
Office: (859) 244-8175
Fax: (859) 244-8053
Web: www.nast.org

National Lieutenant Governors Association
Julia Hurst
Executive Director
National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA)
75 Cavalier Blvd., Ste. 226
Florence, KY 41042
Email: jhurst@nlga.us
Office: (859) 283-1400
Fax: (859) 244-8001
Web: www.nlga.us

The Paso del Norte Group
David Buchmueller
Interim CEO
The Paso del Norte Group
201 E. Main, Suite 1700
El Paso, TX 79901
Email: dbuchmueller@pasodelnortegroup.org
Web: www.pasodelnortegroup.org

Jorge A. Ramos
Chief Economist
The Paso del Norte Group
201 E. Main, Suite 1700
El Paso, TX 79901
Email: jramos@pasodelnortegroup.org
Office: (915) 534-7364
Fax: (915) 534-7316
Web: www.pasodelnortegroup.org

Arizona State University North American Center for Transborder Studies
D. Rick Van Schoik
Director, North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS)
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 878105
Tempe, AZ 85287-8105
Email: D.Rick.Vanschoik@asu.edu
Office: (480) 965-1846
Web: http://nacts.asu.edu

Erik Lee
Associate Director, North American Center for Transborder Studies
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 878105
Tempe, AZ 85287-8105
Email: erik.w.lee@asu.edu
Office: (480) 727-8926
Cell: 858.449.3798
Web: http://nacts.asu.edu

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Andrew Selee, Ph.D.
Director, Mexico Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
Email: Andrew.Selee@wilsoncenter.org
Office: (202) 691-4088
Web: www.wilsoncenter.org/mexico

Christopher Wilson
Program Associate, Mexico Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
Email: Christopher.Wilson@wilsoncenter.org
Office: (202) 691-4050
Fax: (202) 691-4076
Web: www.wilsoncenter.org/mexico

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:

Border Governors Conference

State of New Mexico - 2012 Hosts

State of Chihuahua - 2013 Hosts