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Carol McCarthy Senior Director of Editorial Content

Carol McCarthy creates and oversees editorial and marketing materials, including impact stories, website copy, reports, newsletters and more. Before joining NLP, she was a writer, editor and public information officer at the University of Rhode Island. Before that, she was an award-winning writer, editor and page designer at local and regional newspapers in New England. Carol earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism at URI and holds a master’s in public affairs journalism and political science from the University of Maryland.