U.S. Consul General in Hermosillo Karen Ogle & MA VP James Ahlers

Molera Alvarez participated in the plenary session of the Comision Sonora-Arizona/Arizona-Mexico Commission in Hermosillo, Sonora on December 1-2, 2016, representing the City of Phoenix in the cross-border meeting of Governors Doug Ducey and Claudia Pavlovich. VP of Global Affairs and General Counsel James Ahlers attended along with the City of Phoenix Hermosillo representative, Antonio Proto, and Hank Marshall, Executive Officer in the City of Phoenix Community and Economic Development Division. In addition to the two Governors and hundreds of public and private sector leaders from Arizona and Sonora, the meeting featured the participation of Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretary, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, and Mexico’s Secretary of the Economy, Ildefonso Guajardo Villareal. The event focused on bilateral efforts to leverage the assets of the Arizona-Sonora Megaregion.