Colleen Dudgeon has extensive experience in strategic and crisis communications, media relations, and coaching. She has worked as a producer for two national broadcast news organizations and was the first female news director at a CBS owned and operated station. In addition, Colleen has written and produced documentaries and features for several networks and has served as an adjunct professor at both Northwestern University and DePaul University. She has won five Emmy Awards, a Gracie Award, and was named to Crain's Chicago Business 40 Under 40.