Kezia McKeague, Managing Director, McLarty Associates, is based in Washington, DC, and advises multinational companies in a wide variety of sectors on Argentina, Cuba, and regional Latin American issues as well as on engagement with multi-lateral organizations at the global level. She has 20 years of experience at the nexus of policy and business in Latin America, including several years living and studying in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Prior to joining McLarty Associates in 2016, Kezia was Director of Government Relations at the Washington, DC office of the Council of the Americas, where she advocated for corporate member interests throughout the region and convened high-level meetings between the public and private sectors. Previously, on the staff of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, she co-authored multiple staff studies that shaped debate in Washington, DC on U.S. policy toward Latin America. She has also done field research in Cuba, served as an electoral observer for the Organization of American States in Colombia, and worked at the United Nations Secretariat and the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain.

Kezia is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and she serves on the Executive Committee of the Cuba Study Group. She was a Nancy S. Reynolds Scholar at Wake Forest University, where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts with honors in political science and Spanish. She holds a Master of Arts in international studies from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with an exchange at Sciences-Po Paris. She also co-founded and leads the Global Deacs network, a Wake Forest University alumni network committed to supporting students interested in careers in international affairs.