Cynthia V. Carrasco

Of Counsel

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Prior to joining RBE, Cynthia Carrasco served as Deputy General Counsel and Ethics Officer to Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. Before joining the Holcomb administration, Ms. Carrasco served as Inspector General of the State of Indiana. The Office of Inspector General was created in 2005 and is statutorily charged with addressing fraud, waste, and wrongdoing in state government. Ms. Carrasco previously served as the Executive Director for the Indiana State Ethics Commission.

A native of El Paso, Texas, Ms. Carrasco graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.

  • Indiana Commission for Women, Commissioner, 2022 – Present
  • Indiana State Bar Association, Member, 2021 – Present
  • Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Trustee, 2017 – Present
  • Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series Class, Board Member, 2021 – Present
  • Indiana Commission for Women, Governor’s Designee, 2021 – 2022
  • American Enterprise Institute Leadership Network, 2021
  • Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series Class, Class Representative, 2020 – 2021
  • Indiana Commission on Public Records, Governor’s Designee, 2017 – 2022
  • Executive Council, Indiana University Alumni Association, Member at Large, 2018 – 2021
  • Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series Class, Member, 2019 – 2020
  • Board of Overseers, Indiana University, Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence, Member, 2015 – 2019
  • Indiana University Latino Alumni Association, Co-President, 2016 – 2018
  • Leadership Development Academy, Indiana State Bar Association, Graduate, 2014
  • Indiana University Latino Alumni Association, Treasurer, 2012 – 2016
  • Council on Governmental Ethics Laws, Member, 2007 – 2017 (Membership Committee 2012 – 2013)
  • Francis and Clare Harvest Food Pantry, Volunteer, 2011 – 2012
  • Hoosier Fellows Program, Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence, Fellow, 2009
  • Member, Association of Inspectors General, Member, 2008 – 2011

Women of Influence – Indianapolis Business Journal (2020)

Indy’s Best & Brightest – Junior Achievement of Central Indiana (2018)

Early Career Achievement Award – Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (2016)

Forty Under 40 – Indianapolis Business Journal (2015)

Associations

  • Indiana State Bar Association
  • Council on Governmental Ethics Laws
  • Association of Inspectors General
  • Indiana Commission for Women
  • Indiana Commission on Public Records

Bar Admission

  • Indiana State Bar
  • United States District Court – Northern District of Indiana
  • United States District Court – Southern District of Indiana

Education

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law – Juris Doctor (2006

University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX – Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Minor in History (2002)