Lila Abed
Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Lila Abed is the director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute. She previously served as deputy director. Prior to becoming the Mexico Institute’s Deputy Director, Lila was a White House correspondent for the international news channel NTN24. She also served as a public policy advisor for Latin America at the international law firm Covington & Burling in Washington, DC, after working as the International Affairs advisor for the Mexican Chamber of Deputies’ Foreign Relations Committee.