Muni FigueresAmbassador Muni Figueres was appointed ambassador of Costa Rica to the United States in September 2010. Figueres has extensive experience in the politics of trade policy and trade negotiations as instruments of development. Previously, Figueres was te external relations advisor at the Inter-American Development (IDB) from 1992 to 2001 and headed the Trade and Integration Division at IDB from 1990 to 1992. Prior to that, she was appointed special presidential trade representative in Washington, D.C. from 1988 to 1990 for Costa Rica's support toward U.S. congressional approval of the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Figueres also served as the minister of foreign trade from 1986 to 1988 and director general of the Costa Rican government's trade diversification strategy at the Investment and Trade Promotion Agency from 1982 to 1986. She served on a number of boards between 2001 and 2010, among which include IDT Telecom, Inc.; LASPAU (academic graduate level exchange programs affiliated with Harvard University); International Executive Service Corps (support to SME's on a global scale); International Social Services, and the International Advisory Board of the Council of the Americas. Figueres holds a master's degree in political science from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a B.A. from the City College of New York. Read More Read Less