A CU Boulder delegation comprising University of Colorado Law School Dean S. James Anaya, Associate Professor Brad Bernthal ('01), CU Global Ambassador Alan Heath ('68), and representatives from the Chancellor’s Office and schools of education and business, headed to Mexico City June 3-8 to explore opportunities for collaboration in academic programs, student exchanges, internships, executive and continuing education, and constituent engagement.
The team met with local attorneys, higher education representatives, and business leaders to discuss partnership opportunities with CU Boulder.
The trip was part of CU Boulder’s Global Ambassadors Program, which launched in 2016 and aims to engage representatives from the alumni community across the world to deepen CU Boulder’s international strategic engagement. There are 17 CU Boulder alumni serving as global ambassadors in countries as diverse as the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Japan, and Switzerland; they include Colorado Law alumni Heath and Marty Rolle ('77) in the United Kingdom.
At a workshop with local attorneys organized by Heath, Anaya and Bernthal delivered presentations on their areas of research. Anaya spoke on Corporate Due Diligence and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Bernthal discussed The New Startup Investment Structures in the U.S., drawing on his recent article, "The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Finance: A New Typology" published in the BYU Law Review.
"CU Boulder, and Colorado Law, are global in scope. This trip to Mexico City and the Global Ambassadors program are terrific opportunities to expand our international engagement in cooperation with others in the CU Boulder community," Anaya said. "At Colorado Law, one of our strategic imperatives is connecting globally. Trips such as these help us in our mission to pursue initiatives that enable and encourage scholarly inquiry and dialogue on matters of concern across international borders."
Heath, founder The Strategy Group and The Strategy Group—México, a firm specializing in family business and family office advisory with offices in Boulder and México City, helped organize the meetings with local attorneys.
Other participants included School of Education Dean Kathy Schultz, Assistant Vice Chancellor Ryan Chreist, and Leeds School of Business Professor Manuel Laguna.