Jesús Federico Reyes-Heroles González-Garza

Jesús Reyes Heroles González Garza trained as an economist at ITAM and earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He entered public service in the 1970s and worked on economic planning, banking, and international policy. He directed Banobras, represented Mexico in APEC's eminent persons group, and became energy secretary in 1995, with responsibility for the boards of Pemex and the Federal Electricity Commission. ^{1, 2}

As ambassador to the United States, Reyes Heroles helped launch the Border Safety Initiative with U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service commissioner Doris Meissner in June 1998. The program sought to reduce deaths and injuries among people attempting to cross the border. Its measures included public warnings, rescue training, and cooperation among the Border Patrol, Mexican consulates, and local agencies to locate missing migrants. He remained ambassador through the end of Ernesto Zedillo's presidency. ^{3, 2}

Reyes Heroles later directed Pemex from 2006 to 2009 and returned to business and economic consulting. He led Grupo de Economistas y Asociados and co-founded StructurA in 2010. His academic work included teaching at ITAM, the Universidad Iberoamericana, and the National Institute of Public Administration. He died in January 2024. ^{1, 2}