Mario Cader-Frech

Mario Cader-Frech is a Corporate Social Responsibility Media Executive and Cultural Entrepreneur.

Cader-Frech currently serves as Media & Entertainment Liaison for the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard Divinity School. A role created to bring together media professionals and scholars of media, religion, and business to foster critical reflection and collaborative relationships to improve religious literacy of the American public. On-screen representations shape our understanding of the worlds religions off-screen and influence our behavior towards “others.” Producing content with accurate representations of religious themes or characters (allegorical, implicit or explicit) will inspire audiences to reduce conflict and antagonism.

Before joining Harvard, Cader-Frech worked for nearly 15 years at Viacom International, as Senior Vice President Public Affairs & Social Responsibility, responsible for a creative team tapping the power of MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Vh1, and Paramount’s unparalleled connection to youth and children to deliver social responsible messages utilizing fresh approaches on behalf of the United Nations, International non-profit partners, and private sector brands. Cader-Frech was the creator of MTV Agents of Change and Nickelodeon Together For Good, two global campaigns designed to celebrate kids, young people and celebrities across the world who are making a positive difference in their communities on a wide array of social issues; reaching nearly a billion cumulative subscribers in more than 160 countries and territories, via television programming, special events, consumer products, digital offerings, recreation, books, and films.

Cader-Frech was born in El Salvador and completed his Masters in International Affairs at Georgetown University and a Graduate Certificate in Religious Studies and Education at Harvard University – a two year program that provides a variety of settings with a multidisciplinary foundation for approaching the study of religion in contexts focused on learning about religion from a nonsectarian perspective and a cultural lens.

He serves on numerous boards including the Latin American and Caribbean Fund at The Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Youth Orchestra of the Americas; and Y.ES Contemporary Art – an art program of his namesake foundation.

Cader-Frech is an avid Contemporary Art Collector, is a founding member of Art Basel Global Patrons Committee, and has received prestigious awards such as Distinguished Salvadoran, the Ten Year recognition from the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the My Hero Award from Aid For AIDS International.

Specialties: Branding/Identity :: 360 Marketing, Communications, PR & Sales Campaigns :: Philantropy :: Corporate Social Responsibility :: Digital Media :: Music Industry :: Millenial Savvy :: Entrepreneur & Self Starter.