CARL QUINTANILLA
"Squawk Box" Co-Anchor


Carl Quintanilla is an Emmy award-winning co-anchor of "Squawk Box," (M-F, 6-9 a.m. ET) CNBC’s signature morning program.

Previously, Quintanilla was an NBC News correspondent based in New York and Chicago, appearing regularly on "Today" and "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams." In 2005, he spent weeks in New Orleans as part of the "Nightly News" team coverage of Hurricane Katrina, for which he won a national Emmy Award, an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow award, and broadcast’s highest honor, the Peabody Award.

He has covered a wide range of international stories – from the ongoing violence in southern Iraq to the Israeli-Lebanon conflict – as well as domestic stories, from California forest fires to the 2003 East Coast blackout. For nearly all of 2004, he covered the U.S. presidential campaign for NBC News, reporting live on Election night and from the floor of the Democratic convention.

Prior to joining NBC, Quintanilla served as co-anchor for CNBC’s early-morning program, "Wake Up Call." He also spent six years as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Colorado.