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Colin Cosell is a professional emcee, announcer, and executive communications expert with more than 25 years of experience across television, radio, film, stage, and corporate events. When he’s not at the lectern or moderating executive panels, Colin serves as the Public Address Announcer for the New York Mets, Army Football, the Premier Lacrosse League, and numerous other professional and collegiate teams. Over the course of his career, Colin has earned three Emmy Awards and has announced to more than 30 million attendees worldwide. His greatest source of pride, however, are his wife, Julia, and their little girl, Eloise.

Jose Espinel is Senior Vice President for Comcast’s Texas Region and its nearly 1,500 employees who serve customers in more than 115 communities.

As the senior executive for one of the fastest growing and most diverse regions in the company, Espinel has executive responsibility for all region functions, including broadband expansion, operations, customer experience, external affairs, human resources, sales and marketing, and financial performance. Espinel and his teams are actively working to expand the Xfinity 10G Network in southeast Texas.

Espinel, a native of Venezuela, assumed the Texas leadership role in summer 2023, bringing with him decades of experience in the telecommunications industry. He joined Comcast Texas from AT&T Communications where he was Vice President and General Manager of the Desert Southwest.

Espinel been engaged in the Communications and Data industry for nearly 25 years, building robust experience in both domestic and international markets. His roles at AT&T included strategy, marketing, sales, global business services and financial planning and analysis. In addition to the Desert Southwest, he held leadership roles in AT&T’s consumer mobile business in Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif. and in AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions. He led the Hispanic segment strategy for Southern California, driving sales and market share, led by growth in multi-cultural segments.

Espinel also worked with DIRECTV Latin America, planning and executing large-scale marketing initiatives. He started his career at Telefonica, another of the world’s largest communications companies.

Espinel holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BS from Universidad Simon Bolivar. He currently serves on the Greater Houston Partnership Board of Directors, working to ensure Houston is one of the world’s best places to live, work, and build a business.

When he’s away from his Houston-based office, Espinel is heavily involved in community service. He enjoys supporting non-profit organizations such as the American Red Cross, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and Junior Achievement.

He and his wife, Gladys, have two sons, Alejandro and Jose. In his off time, you’ll find him training and competing in endurance sports.