Deacon Charlie Echeverry
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Deacon Charlie Echeverry

Deacon Charlie was ordained on June 10, 2017 by His Excellency Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop of
Los Angeles. He is married to his wife Jessica of nearly 20 years and is a natural father, adoptive
father, Godfather, stepfather, foster father, sponsor father, spiritual father, father-in-law and
grandfather! Deacon Charlie holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a minor in Film
Studies from Florida Atlantic University. His diaconal ministries range from evangelization,
apologetics and formation to Pro Life and bereavement. He is assigned to the congregation of Saint
Gerard Majella Church in the Cypress Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Deacon Charlie is Vice Chairman of Catholic Answers, the world’s most respected English-language
apologetics and evangelization apostolate.  He is Chairman of the National Communications
Committee for the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (C.A.L.L. – founded by Archbishops Jose
Gomez & Charles Chaput).  He is Chairman of the Vida Initiative, an apostolate founded by Astrid
Bennet Gutierrez (EWTN) dedicated to raising pro-life leaders from the Latino community.  He is
also President of SOFESA, a non-profit organization founded by his wife in 1999 that assists homeless and
low-income families in Southern California.

Deacon Charlie is the founder of the Black//Brown Collective a Los Angeles-based business
accelerator focused at the intersection of emerging platforms & emerging audiences.
 
Previously he was Chief Revenue Partnerships Officer at mitú, the nation’s leading media brand
for Latino youth, where he led all aspects of revenue generation, including global advertising,
content licensing, and direct-to-consumer businesses.  He oversaw the sales, strategic alliance,
licensing, business development, account management, sales marketing and revenue operations
departments and was part of the company’s executive team. 
 
Prior to mitú, Deacon Charlie was Executive Vice President of Univision Communications, the
largest Spanish-language media company in the US.  He led the interactive team, overseeing the
digital advertising businesses and managing the unit’s offices in New York, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Miami, Chicago and Dallas, as well as the various support departments dedicated to the
group.  He was a member of Univision’s Executive Council in charge of steering enterprise-wide
initiatives. 
 
Prior to Univision, he served as Vice President of The Walt Disney Internet Group where he
focused on emerging markets & platforms and managed the sales offices in Los Angeles, San
Francisco & Chicago.  He was a member of Disney’s Multicultural, Retail & Global councils as well
as a member of Disney Online’s Idea Lab and twice the recipient of their annual Leadership Award.
 
Prior to Disney, Deacon Charlie was Director of Sales at AOL where he was part of a group that
developed the nascent digital advertising industry for an online pioneer.

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