Kezia McKeague
Kezia McKeague
Biography
Kezia McKeague is a Managing Director at McLarty Associates, based in Washington, DC, where she advises multi-national companies on Argentina, Cuba, broader Latin American issues, and engagement with multilateral organizations. She has 20 years of experience at the intersection of policy and business in Latin America and has advised more than 25 multi-national companies operating in Argentina across a wide range of sectors on government relations and political risk. Her experience includes several years living and studying in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Before joining McLarty Associates in 2016, Kezia was Director of Government Relations at the Washington office of the Council of the Americas, where she advocated for corporate member interests across the region and convened high-level public- and private-sector meetings. Earlier, on the staff of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, she co-authored staff studies that helped shape debate in Washington, DC on U.S. policy toward Latin America. She has also conducted field research in Cuba, served as an electoral observer for the Organization of American States in Colombia, worked at a Buenos Aires-based think tank, and held positions at the United Nations Secretariat and the U.S. Embassy in Madrid.
Kezia is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the Executive Committee of the Cuba Study Group and the Stimson Center Latin America Advisory Board, and is a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center. She graduated summa cum laude from Wake Forest University as a Nancy S. Reynolds Scholar, earning 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’s leading social sciences university, including an exchange at Sciences Po Paris. She also co-founded and leads the Global Deacs network, a Wake Forest University alumni initiative supporting students interested in international affairs. She speaks native Spanish and intermediate French.
Kezia McKeague is a Managing Director at McLarty Associates, based in Washington, DC, where she advises multi-national companies on Argentina, Cuba, broader Latin American issues, and engagement with multilateral organizations. She has 20 years of experience at the intersection of policy and business in Latin America and has advised more than 25 multi-national companies operating in Argentina across a wide range of sectors on government relations and political risk. Her experience includes several years living and studying in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Before joining McLarty Associates in 2016, Kezia was Director of Government Relations at the Washington office of the Council of the Americas, where she advocated for corporate member interests across the region and convened high-level public- and private-sector meetings. Earlier, on the staff of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, she co-authored staff studies that helped shape debate in Washington, DC on U.S. policy toward Latin America. She has also conducted field research in Cuba, served as an electoral observer for the Organization of American States in Colombia, worked at a Buenos Aires-based think tank, and held positions at the United Nations Secretariat and the U.S. Embassy in Madrid.
Kezia is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the Executive Committee of the Cuba Study Group and the Stimson Center Latin America Advisory Board, and is a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center. She graduated summa cum laude from Wake Forest University as a Nancy S. Reynolds Scholar, earning 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’s leading social sciences university, including an exchange at Sciences Po Paris. She also co-founded and leads the Global Deacs network, a Wake Forest University alumni initiative supporting students interested in international affairs. She speaks native Spanish and intermediate French.