Lori Ann LaRocco

Lori Ann LaRocco (born June 4, 1971) is an American television journalist and author. She is currently the senior talent producer at CNBC, and one of the producers of the financial news show Squawk Box. She is also the author of Thriving in the New Economy: Lessons from Today's Top Business Minds (Wiley 2010).

LaRocco's opinion pieces on leadership and banking regulation have been featured in the washingtonpost.com, ForbesWoman, The Daily Caller, and Newsday.

LaRocco was hired by CNBC in 2000 as one of Maria Bartiromo's producers on her then primetime show, MarketWeek. LaRocco was then tapped to help in the relaunch of the network's flagship show Squawk Box. Prior to her employment at CNBC, LaRocco worked in local news around the country as an anchor, reporter, photojournalist and nightside assignment editor.

Personal life

LaRocco graduated a year early from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 1992 with a double major (BA) in Mass Media Communications and Broadcast Journalism. She was awarded "Distinguished Visitng Alumnus" in April 2010. LaRocco is also a founding sister of the Gamma Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Delta Tau.

LaRocco grew up in Holbrook, N.Y. and is a graduate of Sachem High School. She is currently married to Michael Wallace, morning co-anchor of WCBS Newsradio 880 in New York, and is a mom of three children.