13 Facts About Carol Rasco

Carol Rasco is an American political aide and advocate for disability rights, literacy, and children who served as Director of the Domestic Policy Council under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1996.

Carol Rasco has been described as a trusted aide to the former president and governor and, during his absence due to his presidential campaign, was credited with running Arkansas' daily business.

Carol Rasco cites her life experiences as the mother of a child with a disability as motivation for her political advocacy and influence and has most recently worked most with literacy projects.

Carol Rasco began as a drama major but later changed her major to education due to an interest in children's psychology.

Carol Rasco was involved in fellow student Mack McLarty's campaign for student body president, who would become Clinton's chief of staff under the same administration in which she would work.

Carol Rasco married husband Terry Rasco in 1969; the Rasco's were divorced in the fall of 1993.

In 1973, Carol Rasco's son was born with cerebral palsy and brain damage, which she believed may possibly have been prevented if the hospital staff had been less inattentive and performed a Caesarean section to prevent a traumatic and extended labor.

Carol Rasco volunteered with arts organizations, disability rights groups, and the United Methodist Church.

Carol Rasco had previously become familiar with the organization while implementing the America Reads Challenge, and while at the organization, its communications department encouraged her to start blogging.

In 2013, Carol Rasco was recognized for her literacy work in the eighth annual Carle Honors.

Carol Rasco began as the Director of Policy for the Arkansas Governor's Office, serving for ten years from the beginning of 1983 to the end of 1992.

From 1993 to 1996, Carol Rasco then served as Director of the Domestic Policy Council under President Clinton and served on the United States Department of Education's Education Goals Panel.

In 2001, Carol Rasco briefly worked for College Board as a consultant on government relations before joining RIF.