# Susan Segal

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Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: Breaking Barriers to Reach North America’s Full Potential

Even as nearshoring provides the opportunity to unleash North American competitiveness, Canada, Mexico, and the United States need to reduce obstacles and unify regulatory standards if they want to reach the summit. With USMCA providing a framework, what steps should the three countries take to bui…

Susan Segal, CEO of Americas Society/Council of the Americas: Pioneering LATAM Venture Capital and Why the Region Will Thrive with AI

Welcome to Season 3 of The J Curve, a podcast about entrepreneurship in Latin America. My guest today is Susan Segal. Susan has been the President and CEO of Americas Society / Council of the Americas since August 2003, following a distinguished 30-year career in the private sector working with Lat…

Our Mid-Year Update on Latin America’s Economies

Twice a year the AQ Podcast takes stock of Latin America’s economies — what the region is doing well and where the challenges are. There is good news — inflation below OECD levels, for example, but growth is still below potential, according to our guest, William F. Maloney, Chief Economist for Lati…

On the Ground and Online: Venezuela's Electoral Battle

Since he came to power 11 years ago, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro has been stacking the decks in his political favor. But will he hit a wall in the July 28 election? The regime disqualified popular rival candidate Maria Corina Machado, yet a unified opposition is leading the polls. “[The Maduro gover…

Latin America’s Companies of Tomorrow, Today

Latin America is known worldwide for its entrepreneurship. With unicorns, new ecosystems, and investments back to pre-pandemic levels, what's the region's secret sauce? Three of the Latin America's most successful business visionaries—Francisco Alvarez-Demalde of Riverwood Capital, Sebastian Mejia …

Team: Legislative Strategies for Regional Strength

Hosted by AS/COA In this panel, North American legislators emphasized the role of legislative exchanges in enhancing regional cooperation. They discussed how cross-border collaborations improve policy development, harmonize regulations, and tackle shared challenges. The focus was on how legislativ…

Top Mexican CEOs on the Depth of U.S.-Mexico Integration

In 2024, more than $800 billion dollars worth of goods were traded between Mexico and the United States, making the two countries each other’s largest trade partners. But beyond the goods moving across the border, there’s also investment running in both directions. In this episode, top Mexican CEOs…

S1:E4 Hernan Kazah and Susan Segal: Entrepreneurship in the desert

Hernán Kazah explains how you go from being a middle-class kid in public school to raising seven million dollars for your startup in its first funding round. Susan Segal says she bet on them because she saw exceptional people, with an exceptional idea, and an exceptional organization. Producer & …

Andrés Velasco on How Latin America Can Reboot Its Economic Rules

Thirty-five years after the Washington Consensus, a group of the world’s leading economists have assembled a new book formulating an alternative road map for developing economies, The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century. One of the books co-editors, prominent Chilean economis…

Can Latin America Lead the Next Global Growth Wave?

Latin America finds itself in a pivotal moment. Fresh from CAF’s Economic Forum in Panama City, this episode of Macro Matters explores how the region is navigating a shifting global order, renewed U.S. engagement in the Western Hemisphere, and growing momentum around regional integration. Susan Seg…