Monica Gil

Mónica Gil is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs for The Nielsen Company. In this role, she works extensively with news media, elected officials, community leaders and Nielsen businesses including Nielsen Media, Nielsen Entertainment and Nielsen Consumer. Mónica also manages Nielsen’s national Hispanic/Latino Strategic Community Outreach and the company’s education, philanthropy, government and public affairs initiatives.

Prior to joining Nielsen, Mónica served as a senior member of Antonio Villaraigosa’s 2001 Los Angeles mayoral campaign team, and in 2005 was part of his historic and victorious mayoral campaign. She has also served as press secretary for the Speaker of California State Assembly where she conducted media outreach efforts and organized citywide awareness events. Her communications expertise includes a role as Senior Vice President for Greer, Margolis, Mitchell & Burns (GMMB), a public policy, advertising and public relations firm where she developed comprehensive media plans and grassroots coalition building for a wide range of clients. Mónica was also Director of Public Affairs for Los Angeles’ Telemundo stations KVEA and KWHY, where she managed philanthropic efforts for Telemundo and served as the principle liaison for public outreach in the Los Angeles area.

Monica received a national “Champion of Diversity” Award by Diversity Business Magazine and was named one of Los Angeles’ “Women Making a Difference” by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Mónica is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She received her Masters Degree in Public Policy from the USC School of Public Administration and she serves on the board of the Getty House Foundation, Workplace Hollywood and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center.