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NAU’s Haeger joins governor to meet with Mexico president



NAU President John Haeger will be a member of Gov. Janet Napolitano’s delegation that will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon this week in Mexico City.

Haeger will travel to Mexico City Feb. 8, 9 and 10 to participate in discussions about university relations and student exchanges. The delegation also will discuss how Mexico and Arizona can work together to benefit both economies and the region, especially in the areas of trade, commerce, tourism, investment, innovation, development and border security.

"This is a great opportunity for Northern Arizona University and the entire state to exchange ideas and discuss issues with our neighbor," Haeger said. "I’m looking forward to tangible results coming from this visit."

While in Mexico City, the governor and the delegation also will meet with Mexico Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora; Mexican secretaries for Foreign Relations, Public Safety, Transportation and Agriculture, U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza, AeroMexico CEO Andrés Conesa Labastida, and other private sector leaders.

The Governor’s Office, through the Arizona-Mexico Commission, asked Arizona leaders to accompany the governor to promote Arizona's trade relationship and policy development with Mexico.

In addition to Napolitano and Haeger, the Arizona delegation includes Ben Campbell, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase Arizona; Robert Cashdollar, CEO of Apache Nitrogen Products Inc.; Robert Codney, vice president of Armor Works; George Diaz, APS senior public affairs representative; Tim R. Lines, managing vice president of Santec; Glenn McGinnis, CEO of Arizona Clean Fuels; Jerry Moyes, owner of Swift Aviation; Patrick Quinn, president of Qwest; David Rousseau, vice president of Salt River Project; Jorge de los Santos, director and special advisor to ASU President Michael Crow; Robert Shelton, president of the University of Arizona; Wendi Vittori, corporate vice president and general manager of Embedded Communication Computing, Motorola; and John Zidich, president and publisher of The Arizona Republic.

The Arizona-Mexico Commission is a nonprofit organization in the Arizona governor’s office. It is dedicated to advocating Arizona’s relationship with the Americas and serving as the southwestern region’s American ambassadors to Mexico.

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