Emma Carrasco is the senior vice president of corporate affairs for the NBCUniversal News Group, which is comprised of NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC. In this role she partners with leaders throughout the organization to drive internal collaboration, such as "Inspiring America: the 2021 Inspiration List," an annual, cross-brand and cross-platform franchise. She also focuses on engagement opportunities with external communities.
Prior to joining the NBCUniversal News Group in 2020, Carrasco was senior vice president and global engagement officer for the National Geographic Society. She and her team played a critical role in liaising with key stakeholders around the world, including foreign delegations and dignitaries, corporations, funders and global program partners. Under her leadership, the National Geographic Explorers Festival was expanded and internationalized, convening changemakers in Washington, D.C., London, Mexico City and Hong Kong.
She previously served as chief marketing officer and senior vice president of audience development for NPR, responsible for all aspects of marketing, branding, communications, events, consumer products, audience services and non-news programming (cultural and music programming, podcasts) to diversify and build audience share. She partnered closely with news leadership, journalists and member stations across the country on audience development and acquisition strategies, including the launch of the live events practice NPR Presents.
Over the years, Carrasco has also contributed her skills to República/Havas, Nortel Networks, McDonald's, Univision and Fleishman-Hillard. The recipient of numerous recognitions over the years, Carrasco was recently named to the Most Powerful Latinas list by the Association of Latino Professional Professionals for America and was named a 2023 Rising Star by Latino Leaders magazine. Carrasco holds a B.A. in communication and media studies from Loyola Marymount University.