IBC Bank & Commerce Bank Keynote Speaker Series Presents Atlantic Council Expert on U.S.–Latin America Relations
Texas A&M International University’s (TAMIU) IBC Bank and Commerce Bank 2025–2026 Keynote Speaker Series will feature Jason Marczak, vice president and senior director of the Atlantic Council's Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, presenting a lecture titled “A Turning Point in the U.S.–Latin America Relationship: What Might Be on the Horizon?”
The lecture is Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. in the TAMIU Student Center Ballroom. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Marczak’s presentation will examine how the U.S. relationship with Latin America is at the midst of significant shifts that may profoundly redefine long-standing ties in commerce, security and geopolitics. He will discuss what factors could be expected as a basis for the relationship in the upcoming years and how countries across the hemisphere can adapt to the new dynamics of U.S. ties.
With 25 years of experience in regional economics, politics and development, Marczak has worked with high-level policymakers and private-sector leaders to shape public policy. He has led the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center since joining the Atlantic Council in 2013, advancing hemispheric prosperity and fostering dialogue among heads of state, cabinet officials and business executives.
Since 2016, Marczak has been an adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs where he teaches about Central America and immigration policy. He was previously director of policy at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas where he worked closely with U.S. and global business executives and was cofounder and senior editor of Americas Quarterly magazine.
In 2003, he joined Partners of the Americas to advance work on civil-society engagement in the Summits of the Americas. Marczak held positions at the National Endowment for Democracy and as a legislative aide in the office of then U.S. Representative Sam Farr (D-CA) with a portfolio including trade and foreign affairs.
Marczak frequently provides English- and Spanish-language media commentary and has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. In 2022, he was invited by the House Financial Services Committee to join a congressional delegation in Barbados and present work to nearly a dozen Caribbean heads of government. In 2023, on the 10th anniversary of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Marczak was presented with the Visionary Leadership Award.
He holds a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University. Marczak is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The lecture will also be broadcast live via Microsoft Teams. To view online, visit https://go.tamiu.edu/marczak.
For additional information, contact the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade at 956.326.2820, email cswht@tamiu.edu, or visit www.tamiu.edu/cswht.
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