Alexandra Wallace

Alexandra Wallace (born ) Wallace started her news career at CBS News's London bureau. With CBS, she worked on CBS Evening News and 48 Hours, before working as a senior producer for The Early Show.

After 17 years with CBS, Wallace joined NBC News in March 2005 working on Weekend Today as executive producer. In November 2012, Wallace was put in charge of Today to try and reverse a ratings decline after the dismissal of former anchor Ann Curry. She became the first woman executive to run Today. In 2014, Wallace took over running Meet the Press during a period of poor ratings with former anchor David Gregory. By the time of her departure in July 2015, Wallace was deputy to NBC News president Deborah Turness.

Wallace has won 11 Emmy Awards, 2 Dupont Awards, a Gracie Award, a Peabody Award, as well as a John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement from the Columbia College Alumni Association, for which she is a member of the board of directors. Wallace is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations as well as a CUP board member.

Personal life Wallace's husband is a private school administrator in Manhattan; , they had two children, a son and a daughter, together.