12-05-2007

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In this new position, Gomez will serve as Univision’s in-house lobbyist.  His responsibilities will include managing political relations in Congress and at the State level, monitoring legislation, managing political contributions, and coordinating efforts to address issues important to the company.  Gomez first became involved with Univision earlier this year in efforts to educate political campaigns on the importance of the Hispanic vote, and he will continue in this capacity as well.

“Bert’s extensive government relations experience, corporate affairs background, and exceptional work on behalf of the Hispanic community make him the ideal person to lead Univision’s government relations efforts,” said Conde.

Gomez commented, “I am grateful for this opportunity to represent Univision at this important and exciting time.   The Hispanic constituency is increasingly being recognized as a necessary voice in the political process, and I look forward to working not only with the management team, but with everyone within Univision to help grow and define Univision’s role on important issues that affect us all.”

Bert Gomez comes to Univision Communications Inc. after a 16-year career at the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, where he most recently served as Director of Federal Government Relations in Washington DC. In that capacity, he successfully lobbied issues on Capitol Hill and was responsible for Hispanic outreach efforts at the national level, in conjunction with state and federal legislative goals. Prior to that, he was focused on building relations with political and community leaders in South Florida. Gomez began his career in sales and marketing for the consumer products division at Dow Chemical. He holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Miami and a Masters in Business Administration from City University of Washington.

Univision Communications Inc.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 89% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network;  Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico;  Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records,  Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and Mexico-based Disa Records as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at   www.univision.com.  Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company.  Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.   For more information, please visit   www.univision.net.