Lila Abed is the director of the Mexico Program at the Inter-American Dialogue. Prior to joining the Dialogue, she served as director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute. Abed was a White House correspondent for the international news channel NTN24. Before this role, she was a public policy advisor for Latin America at the international law firm Covington & Burling in Washington, DC.
She gained extensive experience in various public institutions, serving as general director for international cooperation at Mexico’s Office of the Attorney General and as chief of staff to the attorney general. She also held the role of international affairs advisor to the attorney general.
After running for a seat in Mexico City’s local congress, Abed became secretary of international affairs for the executive committee of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) and served as senior advisor to the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies. She has also worked in diplomatic posts at the Mexican embassies in Canada and the United Kingdom.
An avid international analyst, Abed shares her expertise across a range of media networks in both the United States and Mexico. She has been featured on NPR, CBS, PBS, CNN, Telemundo, Univision, Al Jazeera, BBC, Radio Fórmula, ADN40, El Heraldo de México, and Opinión51.
She holds a master’s degree in Latin American studies and government from Georgetown University. She graduated magna cum laude from Boston College with a major in international studies and Hispanic studies, and a minor in Chinese.
