2024 Gala Honoree
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mónica Gil is the Chief Administrative and Marketing Officer for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. In this role, Gil leads the company’s Operations, Marketing, Strategy and Insights, and Communications teams. Since joining the company in 2017, Gil has been instrumental in establishing Telemundo as the nation’s number one Spanish-language network.
Poised at the forefront of emerging technologies and shifting consumer behavior, Gil has led the company’s brand development, digital marketing, and multichannel creative efforts. A thought leader on consumer and media trends, she has overseen numerous marketing and brand campaigns across Telemundo’s broadcast, cable, and digital properties, including Telemundo’s broadcast of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which led to record-setting viewership across all platforms.
Prior to Telemundo, Gil served in several leadership roles at Nielsen, where she was responsible for accelerating growth opportunities for a wide range of blue-chip media clients. In this capacity, she helped partners meet consumer and media behaviors among key demographics such as women, millennials, Hispanics, and diverse audiences. While at Nielsen, Gil also created several comprehensive insight reports that became industry staples on consumer trends for the packaged goods and media sectors. She began her career as an advisor on strategy, communications, and fundraising for multiple political campaigns in California.
The recipient of notable awards and industry recognitions, Gil has in recent years been named to the Adweek 50, a list of innovative leaders in marketing, media, and technology, Variety’s New York Women’s Impact Report, Multichannel News Wonder Women, PRWeek’s Hall of Femme, and People en Español’s 25 Most Powerful Women.
Gil is a board member of NIKE, Inc., the National Women’s History Museum and Welcome Tech, Inc. Gil earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. from the University of Southern California School of Public Administration.