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Allison Rosati was born on February 12, 1963 in Dover, Delaware. She is mostly known around the country for being a news anchor, a giving humanitarian and a non profit volunteer.

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Although Allison was born in Dover, she grew up in Pine City, Minnesota. The two states have similar cold climates so the young Allison did not experience a drastic change in weather. The main difference between the two states are the people who reside there. In Delaware, Allison would have run into upper class residents who considered themselves to be classy. In Minnesota, Allison was raised among soft spoken and hard working people.

Allison went to a Pine City High School which was a public institution. Fortunately for Allison she was able to attend a high school that was in the city that she grew up in. Sometimes kids move around a lot and end up feeling left out in high school because they don’t know anyone. It’s easy for the kids to go to the same elementary, the same junior high school, and the same high school. They were able to develop friendships through each level of schooling so they don’t have problems finding friends in high school. Some kids end up going to a high school where they’re alone and don’t know anyone because they’re new to the area. Allison was happy to go to high school with classmates and friends that she knew her whole life.

After finishing high school, Allison attended the Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota. Gustavus was a private college with an affiliation to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. In college, Allison studied communications and speech. In 1985, Allison proudly graduated receiving cum laude. After graduating from the Gustavus Adolphus College, she went on to pursue her professional career in television. Throughout her life, Allison has worked on many tv shows along the way.

Career

In 1986, Allison moved to Rochester, Minnesota. While she was living there, she started to work for a news station called KTTC-TV. The NBC affiliate channel hired her to work as a general assignment reporter. It took her only one year for her to gain her first step in the professional ladder. In 1987, she started to work as a news anchor and was also promoted to the high level position of producer. She later went to Buffalo, New York to work as an anchor and general assignment reporter for the Channel 2 News. The channel was part of the station WGRZ-TV, which was also another NBC affiliate channel. Four years after starting her professional career, Allison hosted a WMAQ television show called First Thing in the Morning. She had to make a move to Chicago, Illinois to start working for that NBC affiliated television station. The following year, she co hosted alongside fellow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Saunders">anchor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Saunders">Warner Saunders</a> on the news show Chicago Live.

Allison was hired as a co anchor for NBC 5 news cast in 1995. She worked with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Saunders">Warner Saunders</a> as her co host once again. Three years later, she worked with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Miranda">Byron Miranda</a> and Nesita Kwan in the daytime NBC 5 program Chicago Daytime. The program lasted only one year because of budget cuts and other problems. From 1999 to 2005, Allison hosted Wednesday's Child which was a weekly program. In the year 2000, Allison became the co-executive producer, co-creator and host of the half hour special series named MomTV. A year after Wednesday’s Child stopped airing on television, Allison was promoted alongside her colleague <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Saunders">Warner Saunders</a> and they both became anchors for NBC. They also hosted the 10pm Sunday Newscast during the 2006 National Football League season. The time slot gave Allison and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Saunders">Warner</a> a lot of exposure because of all the football fans that would tune in after the end of games. Three years later, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Stafford">Rob Stafford</a> became her new co host after Warner Saunder retired. Her salary has not made public because Allison likes to keep her personal details private.

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Awards

In all the years of her career, Allison Rosati has accumulated praise and admiration for her work and contributions. She was fortunate to earn many awards. In 2000, Allison won an Emmy Award for her work on the one shot special NBC 5 Presents: Millennium 2000. In 2001, the Italian American Police Association named Allison the Woman Of The Year. In that same year, the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans gave her the Dante Award. In 2002, she proudly accepted an award given to her by a humanitarian organization. The award was the Department of Health and Human Services Adoption Excellence Award. Her special, Survive Alive earned her a National Emmy.

Allison seemed to savor her humanitarian awards more than her broadcasting awards. One of her treasured moments is when she was named Humanitarian of the Year by the Italian American Police Association in 2004. In 2005, the Italian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest Chapter gave her the title of Media Person of the Year. Allison didn’t just earn awards in one period of her life, she even earned awards during her recent career. In 2012, she won the Woman of the Year award, which was given to her by Casa Italia Chicago. The Amate House in Chicago also gave her the Mary Ellen Nolan Guardian Angel Award.

Volunteering

Allison dedicates her time to help nonprofit organizations. In 2006, she was part of the director’s board for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America. Allison helps as a volunteer for many nonprofit organizations such as The Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Infant Welfare Society, the Amate House, the March of Dimes, the Ronald McDonald House, and the Children’s Home Aid.

Allison has always been a <a href="/biography/allison-rosati">champion</a> of the people. She uses her financial resources and visible platform to push for causes that she believes in. Most news anchors can go home and enjoy the fame and fortune they made without thinking about anyone else. Allison is different because she uses her platform to speak for the people who need help. She does so much for others that she has been recognized time and time again for her humanitarian efforts.

Personal Life

Allison currently lives in the western suburbs of Burr Ridge, Illinois with her husband, Lee Dennis. The two got married in March of 1993. The loving couple have four children together.

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