Gerardo Villacres is presently working with the Mexican/Jewish writer Ilan Stavans in developing a documentary about "Spanglish". Prior to this he was the Executive Director of the Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce and led the organization through a dynamic turnaround, creating a range of community related programs including conferences, seminars, advocacy, networking and cultural events.

In addition to his work with the Chamber, he hosted and produced the weekly TV program "Vision" that had a potential reach of 400,000 viewers, and where he interviewed business people and leaders of the community.

Gerardo moved to New England in 1998, to open up a couple of radio stations in Boston. He opened a third station in Lawrence. Before coming to the Boston area, he worked at CBS in New York for close to 20 years and was the General Manager of CBS Hispanic Radio Network.

Villacres was recently recognized by the Greater Boston Hispanic Lyons Club with the Humanitarian Award and by the Northeastern Latino/a Student Cultural Center with a Role Model Award. He has received many other awards and recognition, including Premios Ondas in Spain and the Billboard Award for the program "Buenas Noches America". He was featured in Boston Magazine as one of the emerging leaders of the "minority community", in the Boston Area and in 2002 he won "The Minority Advocate of the Year" award, by the SBA in Massachusetts and was the Commencement Speaker for Bunker Hill Community College.

Gerardo is a board member of the Arts & Business Council, Adolescent Consulting Services, Boston Society, Latino Health Institute, the Board of Trustees of Bunker Hill Community College and Board of Overseers for the Museum of Science. He has two children and lives with his soul mate of 32 years in Cambridge.