Carl Quintanilla

Carl Quintanilla is the Emmy winning co-anchor of the CNBC network's "Squawk Box," morning program. Previously, Quintanilla was an NBC News correspondent based in New York and Chicago, and sometime appears on "The Today Show" and "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams".

Reporting career

From 1991 to 1993, Quintanilla was a reporter/columnist for "Boulder Daily Camera" in Boulder, Colorado, and prior to that, he spent a summer as an editorial assistant for National Public Radio in Washington D.C. From 1994 to 1999, Quintanilla served as staff reporter for "The Wall Street Journal" where he wrote full-time for the paper’s Chicago bureau covering airlines, manufacturing and economic issues. He also wrote a weekly column on workplace issues and on-the-job trends for the Journal’s Page One. From 1999 to 2002 he served as correspondent for several CNBC programs including "Business Center". Prior to joining NBC, Quintanilla served as co-anchor for CNBC’s early-morning program, "Wake Up Call".

Quintanilla was assigned to cover the 2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict. In 2007, Quintanilla traveled to China to cover McDonald's efforts in the country for CNBCs documentary "Big Mac: Inside the McDonald's Empire."

Awards

Quintanilla won an Emmy and Peabody Award for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Education

Quintanilla attended the University of Colorado and received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

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