Hugo Balta is the Senior Director of Hispanic Initiatives at ESPN.

Hugo leads a start-up unit focused on initiatives to raise the quality, profile and delivery of diverse news gathering and storytelling.

 

 

One of his responsibilities is the creation of video and multimedia content targeting the US Hispanic audience across all ESPN and ESPN Deportes platforms

Hugo is a diversity and inclusion media consultant, a sought after guest speaker and writer.

He is the immediate past president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) having served from 2012-2014.

He is a member of the advisory board with the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) and Hispanicize.

 

 

Hugo is a best selling author sharing his experience in monthly articles (many published by renowned organizations) and a new book: Leadership Habits
 

 

Presidential Award of Excellence, NAHJ

Balta is an award winning journalism veteran of more than 20 years who’s experience includes CBS, Telemundo and NBC before joining ESPN.

He lives in Central Connecticut with his wife Adriana and two children, Isabella and Esteban.