About Mary

Mary Caraccioli is an Emmy Award-winning TV journalist, creator, host and executive producer of “Money Matters Today” seen nightly on CN8 The Comcast Network.

Mary offers viewers straightforward answers to their money questions. She also serves as the network's director of business and consumer news, heading up CN8's coverage of news from the financial industry including exclusive economic reports and breaking industry news.

Mary’s beat has taken her to the boardrooms of some of America's biggest companies and introduced her to some of the nation’s most influential newsmakers including: Steve Forbes, John Bogle, Charles Schwab, Jon Huntsman, Billie Jean King, Jeff Bezos, Vince McMahon, Tipper Gore and Bill Gross to name a few. Mary was also the first TV reporter to do live daily reports from the floor of Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

Mary ‘s career has spanned through a period in which she worked as the top female news manager at the Fox-owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia, the nation's fourth-largest TV market. She created the Emmy Award-winning "Good Day Philadelphia" morning show and was senior executive producer for the "Fox Ten O'Clock News." She arrived in the “City of Brotherly Love” at WCAU-TV, a then CBS-owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia, where she became the youngest person to be named a show producer.

Mary is also one of few TV journalists to spend time in Cuba. There, she uncovered stories of economic inequities in the lucrative cigar trade and Cuba's burgeoning tourism industry. She worked with respected business broadcaster Lou Dobbs, launching the nationally syndicated radio report the “Lou Dobbs/ Financial Report.” She also served as a producer at CNBC's World Business.

Mary ‘s second love is tennis. She has worked with the United States Tennis Association as a broadcast communications manager at the prestigious U.S. Open Tennis Championships. She is a member of Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education Board of Directors where she heads up the scholarship committee. She also has spent time as a match commentator for World Team Tennis’ Philadelphia Freedoms.

Mary is a candidate for a Master’s of Business Administration Degree at Drexel University, as well as finishing her thesis for a Master's degree in International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mary is a sought after speaker. Her topics have included, leadership development, women’s money issues, entrepreneurship and saving tips for kids. Mary motivates her audience to take charge of their own financial future.