[Past Recipients] 

 United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce

GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARDS GALA DINNER

The United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce is honoring public and private sector leaders for their vision and continued commitment to closer commercial relations between Mexico and the United States.

For more than a decade, we have gathered in Washington, D.C., to witness the presentation of the Good Neighbor Award to ministers, ambassadors, governors, congressmen, former presidents, corporate CEOs, chairmen of organizations and others who have made a significant difference in U.S.-Mexico relations. 

In 2004 the U.S. - Mexico Chamber of Commerce instituted the José Juan de Olloqui" Award for North American Leadership. The José Juan de Olloqui Award recognizes committed leaders and their contributions to economic, political and social development resulting in region-wide improvements in the lives of the people of North America.

The presentations take place each year at a black tie awards gala set in a magnificent location, such as the Organization of American States Building, a venue that symbolizes a united hemisphere incorporating thirty-four member nations.  

The U.S.-Mexico relationship is an important facet of hemispheric relations. The Chamber salutes the individuals and corporations that have led the way toward greater cooperation and partnership.

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Good Neighbor Award
 Past Recipients

1985

Secretary Hector Hernández

Secretaría de Comercio

Amb. William E. Brock

U.S. Trade Representative
1986

Enrique Rojas

 Transportación Marítima Mexicana

Donald F. Petersen

Ford Motor Company
1987

Secretary Gustavo Petricioli

Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público

Paul A. Volcker

Chairman, Federal Reserve Board
1988

Amb. Jorge Espinosa de los Reyes

Ambassador of Mexico to the United States

Amb. Charles J. Pilliod

Ambassador of the United States to Mexico
1993

Secretary Jaime Serra Puche

Secretaría de Comercio y Fomento Industrial

Minister Michael Wilson

Ministry for Trade & Industry

Ambassador Carla Hills

U.S. Trade Representative

Cifra, S.A. de C.V.

Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V.

Vitro, S.A.

Wal-Mart Corporation

Southwestern Bell, Inc.

Corning, Inc.
1994

Gov. Francisco Barrio (Chihuahua)

Gov. Sócrates Rizzo García (Nuevo León)

Gov. Jim Edgar (R-Illinois)

Gov. Ann Richards (D-Texas)
Gov. John Sununu (New Hampshire)
Sen. Miguel Alemán Velasco (Veracruz) 
Congressman David Dreier (R-California)		 Sen. Bill Bradley 
(D-New Jersey) 
Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-Arizona)
Congressman Kika de la Garza (D-Texas) Congressman Bill Richardson (D-N.M.)

Dr. Jacobo Zaidenweber

American Textil, S.A. de C.V

Mr. Chuck Hayes

Guilford Mills, Inc.
1995

Honorable Ronald Brown

Secretary of Commerce

Honorable Herminio Blanco

Secretario de Comercio

Honorable Thomas F. McLarty

Counselor to the President

Honorable Fife Symington

Governor, State of Arizona

Mr. Edward A. Brennan

Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Lic. Eugenio Clariond

Grupo IMSA

Mr. Rodman Rockefeller

U.S. Council of the Mexico-U.S. Business Committee

Lic. Juan Gallardo Thurlow

Coordinadora de Organismos Empresariales de Comercio Exterior
1996
The Honorable James R. Jones

 Ambassador of the United States to Mexico

 His Excellency Jesús Silva-Herzog

 Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
Bank of America Nacional Financiera
Nacional Financiera Aetna
1997
President Ronald Reagan President Miguel de la Madrid

Willis B. Wood

Pacific Enterprises

José Mendoza Fernández

Bufete Industrial, S.A.
1998

The Honorable Federico Peña

Secretary of Energy

The Honorable Alberto Cárdenas

Governor of Jalisco

Duane Zobrist

U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Roberto González Barrera

Grupo MASECA
1999

The Honorable Rodney Slater

 Secretary of Transportation

Secretary Carlos Ruíz Sacristán

 Secretario de Comunicaciones y Transportes

José Serrano Segovia

Transportación Marítima Mexicana

The Honorable Tommy Thompson

Governor of Wisconsin

The Honorable Vicente Fox Quesada

Governor of Guanajuato
2000

The Honorable William Daley

Secretary of Commerce

Secretary José Angel Gurría

Secretario de Hacienda y Crédito Público

Julia Carabias

Secretary of Environment, Natural Resources and Fishery

Philip Anschutz

Qwest Communications

Carlos Slim helu

Grupo Carso
2001
President Ernesto Zedillo

The Honorable Jane Dee Hull, 

Governor of Arizona

Richard K. Davidson, 

Union Pacific Corporation

2002

The Honorable Alan Greenspan, 

Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve

 The Honorable Guillermo Ortiz, 

Governor of Banco de México

Victor Menezes, 

Citibank, NA 

 Grupo Televisa

The Honorable Manuel Angel Nuñez Soto,  

Governor of Hidalgo

2003

The Honorable Alberto R. Gonzales, 

Counsel to the President of the United States

 The Honorable Gov. Melquiades Morales Flores, 

Governor of Puebla

Lee R. Raymond,

Exxon Mobil Corporation

 Lorenzo Zambrano, 

 CEMEX

2004
The Honorable Tom Ridge, U.S.

 Secretary of Homeland Security

The Honorable Santiago Creel

 Mexico Secretary of Gobernación
The Honorable Juan Carlos Romero Hicks

Governor of the State of Guanajuato

David Butterfield

Loreto Bay

Raúl Yzaguirre

National Council of La Raza

2005
The Honorable John Snow

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 

The Honorable Francisco Gil

Mexico's Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit
The Honorable Eduardo Bours

Governor of the State of Sonora

Simon Falic, Chairman and COO

 Duty Free Americas

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