Comcast NBCUniversal Telemundo is pleased to announce that Juan Otero has been named vice president of Diversity & Inclusion, succeeding María Arias, who moved to Denver to be closer to her family. In this role, Otero will oversee the strategy and implementation of diversity and inclusion initiatives across our company in our five focus areas: governance, workforce, procurement, programming, and community impact. Otero recently served as our vice president and public policy counsel for Legislative Government Affairs in Washington, D.C., where he championed diversity and inclusion among other important responsibilities. When he first joined Comcast in 2007, he served as vice president of Government Affairs in Michigan, handling state franchising and regulatory matters. With Comcast for more than ten years, he has a deep understanding of our business and the various communities that we serve. With a background in law and public policy, Otero previously served as a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Fellow for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Office of Policy and Planning, the National League of Cities, was a Policy Fellow for the National Conference of Community and Justice, and an instructor for American University’s Department of Government. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, and as a Board Member of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute. He holds a Master of Public Administration from the American University, a Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts from the City College of New York. Otero will split his time between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.