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Mr. Wallace is President and CEO of Investamex, an investment and consulting firm he co-founded in 1993. The company’s focus is primarily on business opportunities in Mexico and Latin America. From August of 1991 until the summer of 1993, Roger Wallace was the Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the United States Embassy in Mexico City. He also was Co-Chair of the U.S.-Mexico Environmental Business Committee. From 1989 to August 1991, he served as the Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce. As Deputy Under Secretary, he was responsible for coordinating the Commerce Department's role during the preparatory phases of the North American Free Trade negotiations, for which he received the Department’s highest award. Prior to going to Washington, Mr. Wallace organized the activities of the newly created Texas Department of Commerce and served as Deputy Director. Mr. Wallace currently serves as Co-Chair of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and the Board of the Atlantic Council. He has served as Chairman of the Asia Society of Texas, Vice Chairman of the American Center for International Leadership, President of the Amundsen Institute of U.S.-Mexico Studies, Trustee of the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Mexican Center at the University of Texas. He was recently appointed by President Bush to be Chairman of the Inter-American Foundation. | 