Diana Alarcón 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. Alarcón 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. Alarcón 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.
