Experts

  • Pia Orrenius - Senior Fellow

    Pia Orrenius

    Vice President and Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

    Pia Orrenius is a labor economist working on regional economic growth and demographic change. She manages the regional group in the Dallas Fed Research Department, serves as the executive editor of Southwest Economy, and co-edited Ten Gallon Economy: Sizing up Economic Growth in Texas. Her research focuses on the labor market impacts of immigration and U.S. immigration policy.

    Orrenius previously served as a senior economist on the Council of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the President (2004–05), where she advised the administration on labor, health, and immigration issues. She is also the coauthor of Beside the Golden Door: U.S. Immigration Reform in a New Era of Globalization.

    Affiliations & Education

    • Research Fellow: Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU; IZA Institute of Labor (Bonn, Germany).
    • Academic Roles: Adjunct Professor at Baylor University; Adjunct Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
    • PhD in Economics: University of California at Los Angeles
    • BA in Economics & Spanish: University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign

  • Raymond Robertson - Senior Fellow

    Dr. Raymond Robertson

    Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy;
    Professor and Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government

    Dr. Raymond Robertson is a Professor and holder of the Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government in the Department of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. In addition to directing the Mosbacher Institute, he serves as a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn, Germany, and a senior research fellow at the Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center. He was named a 2018 Presidential Impact Fellow by Texas A&M University.

    Widely published in the field of labor economics and international economics, Robertson previously chaired the US Department of Labor’s National Advisory Committee for Labor Provisions of the US Free Trade Agreements and served on both the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy and the Center for Global Development’s advisory board.

    Academic Background

    • PhD & MS in Economics: University of Texas at Austin
    • BA in Political Science & Economics: Trinity University
    • Previous Appointments: Maxwell School at Syracuse University; Visiting Professor at Monterrey Institute of Technology (Mexico City).

  • Adrian Duhalt - Fellow

    Adrián Duhalt, Ph.D.

    Non-resident Fellow at the Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center
    Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy

    Dr. Adrián Duhalt’s research interests lie at the intersection of political economy and policy issues concerning the energy sector in North America and Latin America. At Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, he leads research on natural gas, petrochemicals, and the liberalization of the energy sector in Mexico.

    Prior to his current roles, Dr. Duhalt was a postdoctoral fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute and an associate professor at Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) in Mexico, where he chaired the Department of International Business. He is a recognized expert on the development trajectory of Mexico’s petrochemical industry.

    Expertise & Education

    • Research Focus: Energy infrastructure, NOCs, and ammonia-fertilizer value chains.
    • PhD & Master’s in Economic Geography: University of Sussex (United Kingdom).
    • Awards: Best PhD Thesis Award (Association of American Geographers).
    • Additional Roles: Non-resident Scholar at the Baker Institute, Rice University.

  • Manuel Sánchez - Fellow

    Manuel Sánchez

    Mexican Economist & President of ai360
    Former Vice Governor of the Bank of Mexico

    Manuel Sánchez is a distinguished economist with a career spanning central banking, private finance, and academia. He currently serves as the president of ai360, an advisor to Spruceview Capital Partners, and a member of the Board of Directors for several corporations.

    From 2009 to 2016, he served as a member of the Governing Board and Vice Governor at the Bank of Mexico. His extensive background in the banking sector includes over a decade at BBVA Bancomer, where he served as Chief Economist and Director of Investment at Valanza Mexico.

    Career Highlights & Education

    • Academic Leadership: Former Director General of the Center for Economic Analysis and Research at ITAM.
    • Teaching: Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago, Boston College, and the University of York.
    • PhD & M.A. in Economics: The University of Chicago.
    • Expertise: Widely published author on monetary policy, the Mexican economy, and financial systems.