Diana Alarc¨®n serves as the Alternate Executive Director for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Spain since November 1, 2024. Ms. Alarcon is an economist with a distinguished career in international affairs, economic development, and policy analysis. She served as Chief Advisor and International Affairs Coordinator to then-Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum from 2018 to 2023.
Ms. Alarc¨®n has extensive experience in global economic governance and sustainable development. She worked for a decade at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in New York, where she played a key role in shaping analytical contributions to the intergovernmental processes that defined the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. She also spent ten years at the Inter-American Development Bank and held positions at the United Nations Development Program and the International Labor Organization, focusing on economic and social policy.
Ms. Alarc¨®n began her career in academia, teaching at various universities in Mexico and the United States. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Riverside.
