Gerónimo Gutiérrez was named Ambassador of Mexico to the United States in January 2017. Perviously, he served 15 years in the Mexican government - in prominent positions including Deputy Secretary for Governance and Homeland Security, Under Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores (State Department), and Under Secretary for North America. Prior to joining the Mexican government, Gutiérrez served as Managing Director of the North American Development Bank headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. He has contributed editorials to several Mexican and U.S. newspapers and magazines, and also participates regularly as a keynote speaker in conferences related to U.S.> - Mexico relations, border affairs and international business. Gutiérrez holds both a Bachelor's in Economics and Political Science from the Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico and a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, for which he received a Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholarship.