2024 Speakers

FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez is the first Latina-American to be confirmed to the FCC in over two decades; she brings over 30 years of public and private sector experience in domestic and international communications law and policy to her position. Gomez most recently served as a Senior Advisor for International Information and Communications Policy in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy at the Department of State, where she led U.S. preparations for the International Telecommunication Union World Radiocommunication Conference 2023.She served as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Deputy Administrator from 2009 to 2013, where she led efforts that resulted in a new $7 billion public safety broadband network program. She also served for 12 years in various positions at the FCC, including as Deputy Chief of the International Bureau and as Senior Legal Advisor to then-Chairman William E. Kennard. Prior to joining the State Department in 2023, Commissioner Gomez worked in private practice focusing on telecommunications law.

Natalie Henderson, an audio enthusiast, serves as Senior Audio Investor at Horizon Media. Her career began on the promotions team at radio, gathering audio sound bites from listeners and setting up meet-and-greets with upcoming artists for her local stations, WBAB-FM and WBLI-FM. From there, she joined Horizon’s promotions department, where she crafted hundreds of successful local and national experiential opportunities for clients. In her current position, Henderson leads broadcast and digital audio strategy and investment for retail, insurance, and tune-in brands. Her expertise on the audio landscape has led to innovative thinking and successful delivery that exceeds her clients’ goals and proves audio’s effectiveness.

Clark Logan has a 25-year career in radio and publishing that includes 15 years at the helm of the HRN Media Network, a leader in syndicated Hispanic radio programming. Under Logan’s leadership, HRN has partnered with some of the biggest names in Hispanic broadcasting including Don Cheto of Estrella Media, nationally syndicated Erazno y Chokolata, World Cup broadcaster Fernando Fiore, Univision network morning host Anna Maria Canseco, and more. Prior to HRN, Logan worked in national radio sales at Interep and was Northeast Sales Manager at Televisa Publishing. He began his career in broadcasting as an on-air traffic reporter for Westwood One’s Metro Traffic and CBS-TV in New York.

Mark Mandell is the Director of Audio for IPG Media Brands — spanning national clients across Initiative and UM and local clients across all IPG agencies. Mandell has been working in the business for 16-plus years. He works on holding company-level partnerships and strategies for the audio space. He is currently the liaison between the Hispanic Radio Coalition and IPG. Mandell is able to steward clients based on needs with innovation in the audio space and different ways of viewing how audio can work. He is also an avid sports and music fan — always happy to talk audio at a game or in between acts at a concert.

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Francisco “Frank” Montero is a Partner with the law firm of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, specializing in telecommunications, broadcasting, media, and technology. Montero’s practice includes FCC regulatory counseling, corporate finance, asset and securities acquisitions, intellectual property, and real estate and commercial transactions. Montero was an appointed member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age and served as Director of the FCC’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities during the Clinton Administration. While at the FCC, Montero worked extensively with industry, trade associations, financial institutions, and governmental agencies to create business opportunities for entrepreneurs and technology and telecommunications startups and was recognized for his “dedication to bridging the digital divide.” Montero is well known as an early advocate for Hispanic and Spanish-language media in the U.S. and Latin America. He is on the board of the Multicultural Media, Telecom, and Internet Council (MMTC) and serves as the Washington, D.C. legal representative for the Puerto Rico Broadcasters Association.