Biography
Jaime Chavez-Alor joined the Vance Center in November 2018 as the Latin America Policy Manager; as of January 2024, he holds the title of Associate Executive Director. In his role, he is responsible for directing the Vance Center’s Institutional Integrity Area of Practice, leading pro bono practice development and strategy, including co-coordinating the Pro Bono Network of the Americas, and developing policy-related and diversity initiatives. He is also responsible for overall programmatic strategy and monitoring and evaluation, including impact measurement.
Before joining the Vance Center, Jaime worked in the three branches of the Mexican federal government. He served as head of the Unit of Ethics, Public Integrity, and Prevention of Conflict of Interest in the Secretariat of Public Administration and as head of the Unit of International Affairs and Attachés in the Office of the Attorney General. He worked before as senior advisor to a Mexican senator and junior advisor to the Chief Justice of the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice. He has also worked as a normative analysis and institutional design expert.
Jaime received his law degree from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City and an LLM from Columbia Law School, where he graduated as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and received the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law Recognition of Achievement. He also has studies in public policy, human rights, and comparative criminal law.
In 2014, he was selected to participate in the U.S. Department of State Professional Fellows Program, and in 2016, in the Mexico – United Kingdom Initiative on Future Leaders.
Jaime has authored and co-authored several articles and books on human rights, conflict of interest, corruption, and democratic participation.
Born and raised in Mexico, he is fluent in Spanish and English.