ROBERTO YAÑEZ
Roberto is a broadcast veteran with over three decades of TV, Radio and Digital media experience. He has served 23 of those years with the Univision Communication Inc. (UCI), most recently named President and General Manager of Univision New York’s two TV and three radio stations. Prior to his current role Roberto was Vice President and General Manager of Univision Arizona’s eight television and five radio stations along with various digital properties.
Roberto was named by AZ Business Magazine as one of Arizona’s Most Influential Hispanics Business Leaders. Roberto’s experience includes managing a top market TV and Radio stations, whose creative client solutions represent revenue growth year-over-year and strategic new business focus and innovative vision resulted in various company accolades.
Though Roberto’s business acumen is high, he exceeds in his dedication to community empowerment. The Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences committee bestowed on Robert the Emmy Governor’s award for the station’s year-long Education initiative, which is the highest honor given to a local broadcaster for it public service commitment.
Roberto is a graduate of University of Texas, El Paso with a BA in Broadcast Journalism, UCLA Anderson School of Business Executive MBA and National Association of Broadcast Leadership Training program.
Roberto was recently accepted into the 2019 David Rockefeller program organized by the Partnership of New York City. He is on the board of the New York State Broadcasters Association and has served on the Board of the Phoenix Greater Chamber of Commerce, the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (AZHCC), The Arizona-Mexico Commission, Arizona Broadcasters Association, ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism Endowment Board and ASU Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center Advisory Board.
