Our People | Hispanic Communications Network

Carlos Alcazar

President and CEO

Carlos Alcazar leads HCN’s teams in our work to inform, empower and engage Hispanic communities. As a multicultural media and marketing expert with a deep background in education, he has built and manages the largest social and cause marketing media... Read more

Alliyah Noor

Special Assistant to the Chairman

Alliyah comes to Hispanic Communications Network with an educated background in the sciences, social justice issues, program development, and higher education sustainability. In 2003, Alliyah received her B.A. in Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology from the University of Colorado at... Read more

Mercy Padilla

Director of Affiliate & Media Relations

For over twenty years, Mercy Padilla has held prominent positions in the Puerto Rican radio industry as a Disc Jockey, Moderator, Traffic Director, General Manager, Owner and President of a radio station in her native city of Guayama. Mercy joined... Read more

Victor Arias

Account Executive

As an Account Executive for HCN, Victor is responsible for client relationship management and is involved in new client engagement and identifying new opportunities for HCN to continue to positively impact the Latino community. Victor also manages internal marketing initiatives,... Read more

Jeff Kline, MA, Ed.

Founder and Chairman

Jeff’s exposure to the power of media came during his participation in the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley in 1964, which won the right to discuss issues and organize on campus in support of civil rights. In 1968 he... Read more

Alison Rodden

Director of Business Development and Account Executive

Alison identifies new opportunities to develop social marketing strategies for mission-oriented clients aiming to increase brand equity, message reach, and accessibility of services to Latino communities. She specializes in client engagement, business development, account management, project planning and execution, multimedia... Read more

Julio Gonzalez

Production Director

Julio oversees the production of all HCN client campaigns, broadcast production and educational programming. He works with HCN’s team of writers, editors and designers to deliver the most relevant information to the HCN audiences in a compelling and entertaining way.... Read more

Patricia Sainz

Office Manager

Patricia comes to HCN with 12 years experience in office management, accounting, and human resources. Prior to arriving in D.C., she spent six years working in New York. She oversees the office and works closely with our CEO to make... Read more

Luisa Fernanda Montero

Journalist

Luisa Fernanda Montero is an award-winning journalist with 20 years of experience in radio, television and print media. During the last twelve years, Ms. Montero has covered political, immigration, national and local community issues in Washington DC, for the most... Read more

José López Zamorano

Bienvenidos a América – Radio Show Host

Jose Lopez Zamorano is one of the most accomplished and respected Latino journalists in the nation’s capital. As editor of the Mexican news agency Notimex, Jose is directly responsible for the management of 16 journalists and photographers in eight regions... Read more

Paul Castro

Multimedia Producer

Paul Castro has worked for Hispanic Communication Network for the past 5 years, originally from El Paso, Texas. He has worked in various facets of audio production in the past ten years. Prior to joining HCN he helped manage a... Read more

Angelica Duran

Editorial & Media Relations Assistant

Originally from Rockville, Maryland, Angelica is currently a senior at Towson University where she is majoring in Communications. Prior to working at HCN, Angelica spent 7 months in Bogota, Colombia and studied at the University of the Andes. At HCN,... Read more

David Garcia

IT Manager

David Garcia is a native of Washington, DC with Salvadoran roots. He is currently attending Montgomery College of Rockville, majoring in Computer Engineering and Business. Since the age of eight, David has been deeply involved with the Hispanic community via... Read more

Jose Calderoni

Regional Director, Latin America

Mr. Calderoni manages projects for HCN in the Latin American region including business development, strategic alliances and programming. Jose lives in Mexico City and was previously responsible for Research and Development for the Latin American Institute for Educational Communications (ILCE),... Read more

Jay Marks

Bienvenidos a América – Resident Immigration lawyer

Jay Marks has been committed to defending the constitutional rights and dignity of immigrants in US courts since 1996. Jay strives to make the promise of American justice a reality for many US immigrants who have had roots in this... Read more

David Castro

Sound Engineer

After earning his B.S. in Physical Science from the University of Maryland, David joins the HCN Production Department as a sound engineer to help in the production of HCN’s informational and educational content radio programming. David’s experience in both commercial... Read more