XVI Border Legislative Conference
Santa Fe, New Mexico
October 18-19, 2007

Agenda

Summary of Actions

Speaker Presentations

Climate Variability and Impacts on Water Resources along the U.S. - Mexico Border

Facilitator:

Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny

California State Senate

Chair, BLC Environment Committee

Martha Escutia

Former California State Senator

Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Dr. Michel Rosengaus M.                     
General Coordinator of the National Meteorological Service
Mexico's National Water Commission

Renata Manning-Gbogbo
Senior Policy Advisor
Border Environment Cooperation Commission

Trafficking of Persons

Senator Mary Jane Garcia

New Mexico State Senate

Co-Chair, BLC Health Committee

Diputada Leticia Amparano Gamez

Sonora State Legislature

Co-Chair, BLC Health Committee

Honorable Dr. Gary King

Attorney General

State of New Mexico

Agriculture along the U.S. - Mexico Border

Jeff Witte
Director, Office of Agricultural Biosecurity

New Mexico Department of Agriculture

Jeffrey Jones
Undersecretary of Agribusiness Development
Mexico's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Nutrition

Economic  Development Committee: Improving Access to Capital along the U.S. - Mexico Border / Border Ports of Entry

Facilitator:

Senator Eliot Shapleigh

Texas State Senate

Vice Chair, Border Legislative Conference

Edward C. Speed

President & CEO

Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (TDECU)

Omar Giacoman

Assistant Advisor, Mexico

Evensen Dodge International

Russ Jones

Member, Board of Directors

Border Trade Alliance