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Laura Dergal

Head of Marketing and Content Development
The Latin Recording Academy

Laura is a content creator and innovator who has spent her career building media brands. She was part of the team that launched the first bilingual entertainment network in the U.S., mun2, while leading Marketing and Communications at Telemundo Cable. Later, as Vice President of Content Partnerships for Univision, she drove the network’s digital transformation by launching and programming it’s On Demand content offering, and managing partnerships and programming for Comcast, Hulu, Netflix, and YouTube. She was also Vice President of Digital Content and Brand Marketing at Discovery Networks Latin America, and Head of Marketing for Latin America at Spotify before joining the Latin Recording Academy in February, 2020. Laura holds a BA in Sociology from UC Berkeley, an MBA from the Thunderbird School of International Management, and was a participant in Harvard’s prestigious program: “The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports.” She has been recognized as a “Woman to Watch” by Multichannel News, and a “Top Woman in Digital” by Cynopsis. Laura is also a dual citizen of Mexico and the U.S., a marathon runner, a fitness addict, mom to three, Vice President of the North Miami Dade Democrats, and an advocate for plant-based nutrition.