Brigadier General Carol Eggert (Ret).

Carol Eggert is Senior Vice President of Military and Veteran Affairs at Comcast NBCUniversal. In this role, she leads a team that works across Comcast NBCUniversal to provide strategic leadership to all aspects of programs and outreach engaging the military and veteran community.

Carol brings more than 30 years of military and civilian experience to Comcast. In her civilian role, she assisted various organizations in the private, government and non-profit sectors with their initiatives in knowledge management, strategic planning and project management. During her military career, she served in a variety of command and staff positions and completed numerous overseas deployments, including a 15- month combat tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as Chief of the Women’s Initiatives Division and Senior Liaison to the U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, where she conducted a full-scale analysis of women’s initiatives and developed a strategic plan for the economic and political empowerment of Iraqi women under the U.S. Secretary of State.

She is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations in recognition of her contributions to the military, including the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and multiple awards of the Meritorious Service Medal.  Carol is a graduate of the prestigious U.S. Army War College, where she also served on the faculty and was later selected as the Deputy Commandant.  She holds two master’s degrees in instructional design and strategic international studies and a doctoral degree in organizational leadership. Carol serves on the Corporate Advisory Board for West Chester University, and the Boards of the Philly POPS, PsychArmor, Concussion Legacy Foundation and the Patton Veterans Project.

In 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Women Veterans listed Carol on its annual Women Veteran Trailblazers list. Her leadership in the private sector has also been widely recognized, including by Variety’s 2020 Salute to Service Impact List, Cablefax’s 2020 Most Powerful Women, We Are The Mighty’s 2018 Influencers Supporting the Military Community, HillVets’ 2016 list of the 100 Most Influential Veterans in America, and the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2016 Veterans of Influence.