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Ambassador (Ret.) Roger F. Noriega has more than three decades of public policy experience focusing on U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere. After a 10-year career on Capitol Hill, he was appointed by President George W. Bush (and confirmed by the U.S. Senate) to senior State Department posts. Ambassador Noriega’s breadth and depth of experience and contacts offer strategic vision and practical insight for clients with interests in the Americas. He is the founder and managing director of the consultant firm, Vision Americas LLC, which has teams in Washington and Bogotá. As U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (July 2003 to October 2005), Noriega managed a 3,000-person team in Washington and 50 diplomatic posts to design and implement political and economic strategies in Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. He also helped design and execute an annual plan for the effective use of $1.7 billion in U.S. economic assistance in two-dozen countries.

As U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (August 2001 to July 2003), Noriega coordinated complex and sensitive multilateral diplomacy in a 34-member international organization to bolster trade, fight illicit drugs, and defend democracy. Noriega served as a visiting fellow at the prestigious American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research from 2005-2020, offering public commentary and authoring purposeful reports on the greatest challenges and opportunities facing the Americas. Noriega is a frequent commentator in U.S. and international publications and broadcasts.