Shannon O’Neil

Shannon O’Neil is the senior vice president, director of studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) where she oversees the work of more than seventy fellows in the David Rockefeller Studies Program, as well as CFR’s fourteen fellowship programs. Her expertise spans global trade, supply chains, and industrial policy, as well as Latin America, US-Mexico relations, corruption, democracy, and immigration.

O’Neil is the author of The Globalisation Myth: Why Regions Matter, which examines the emergence of three dominant global supply chain hubs and their implications for U.S. competitiveness. Her previous book, Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead explores Mexico’s political, economic, and social transformation and its significance for the United States.

A columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, O’Neil is a frequent commentator on national television and radio, and has testified before Congress on numerous occasions. She regularly speaks at global academic, business, and policy forums.

Previously, O’Neil worked in the private sector as an equity analyst at Indosuez Capital and Credit Lyonnais Securities. She has taught Latin American politics at Columbia University and held fellowships at Harvard University, including as a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico and Argentina.

She holds a BA and MA in international relations from Yale University and a PhD in government from Harvard University. O’Neil currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Tinker Foundation.