Maura E. Carabello

Founder and President, The Exoro Group

Maura Carabello is Founder and President of The Exoro Group, a recognized communications, policy and strategy group based in Salt Lake City, Utah, since 2002. Maura is an advisor and strategist to Utah’s top elected officials, non-profit change agents and business leaders. Her experiences span development work in Uganda, Time Magazine in New York, the director of several non-profits, as well as leading hundreds of regional, national and state campaigns and initiatives. Maura is a desired speaker, trainer, sought-after advisor and trusted problem solver. What is unexpected about Maura is that those seeking council are from both sides of the political spectrum, and from many different sectors of advocacy, policy and positions of influence. She hosts a regular show on KSL Radio, KSL at Night, and is a regular guest on KUTV-CBS weekly podcast Take Two; PBS Utah Hinckley Report. As well as a frequent contributor on NPR and other news outlets. Her company publishes the definitive guide for the Utah State Legislature, as well as manuals for public engagement in the caucus/convention systems.

Maura has four principals that drive her work. Be the best you can be; pay attention to the details; do something that matters; and character counts. The power of advocacy and her deep desire to improve the world in which we live are what drive Maura. Exoro has led hundreds of campaigns, both issues and candidate, secured close to one billion dollars in public and private funding for clients, been in the center of complex policy discussions and highly controversial projects. Exoro gravitates to critical infrastructure, policy and the hard work of change. The best compliment Maura can remember is when a client said they choose to engage Maura because she had achieved the blending of respect and influence.