Southwest Economic Summit: Impact of International Trade on Small Business

VIDEO March 2, 2014

Speaker / Author

Roberto Coronado, Ph.D.

Assistant Vice President In Charge and Senior Economist, El Paso Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Roberto Coronado is assistant vice president in charge and senior economist at the El Paso Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. In this capacity, Coronado serves as the Dallas Fed lead officer and regional economist for West Texas and Southern New Mexico. Coronado works closely with the branch’s board of directors and provides leadership and oversight for the operating and administrative functions of the El Paso office. He oversees the branch’s outreach activities through publications, presentations and speeches, public conferences and economic education. His research focuses on issues pertaining to the Mexican economy, the U.S.–Mexico border economy, and the ... Read More

Manuel Sánchez González

Vice Governor of the Banco de Mexico

Manuel Sánchez González is a member of the Governing Board and vice governor at the Bank of Mexico, Mexico’s central bank. Prior to this appointment, he was director of investment at Valanza México, the private equity unit of BBVA. He joined Bancomer Financial Group, now BBVA Bancomer Financial Group, in 1993 as director of financial analysis and investor relations. During 1995-97 he was director of planning and finance at the group’s Service Banking Division. Afterwards and until 2004, he was the group’s chief economist.

Previously, Sánchez was director general of the Center for Economic Analysis and Research (CAIE) at ... Read More

Bill Dunkelberg, Ph.D.

Chief Economist, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

William Dunkelberg is professor emeritus of economics in the College of Liberal Arts, Temple University, where he served as dean of the School of Business and Management from 1987 through 1994 and as director of the Center for the Advancement and Study of Entrepreneurship. He served as the Global Interdependence Center’s Chairman for 20 years. He currently serves as chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business (300,000 member firms; since 1971). His prior appointments were at the Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and the Survey Research Center at the ... Read More