| Rachelle Lynn Consiglio-Wilkos | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 January 1971 in St. Clair Shores, MI |
Rachelle Lynn Consiglio-Wilkos (born January 11, 1971 in St. Clair Shores, MI) is an American television producer.
Wilkos is a former senior producer on The Jerry Springer Show and, now executive producer of the The Steve Wilkos Show (hosted by her husband, former Springer security guard turned talk show host Steve Wilkos).
When longtime Springer executive producer Richard Dominick left the Jerry Springer show at the start of the 2008 season,[1] Wilkos was named the executive producer of Springer.
Wilkos graduated from Lakeland High School in White Lake, MI near Detroit in 1989.[2]
Wilkos attended Wayne State University with a major in journalism radio/TV. Her TV career started with a local morning show called Company in 1994 as an intern, but moved up to associate producer. Shortly after her promotion, she left the program to join Springer.[3]
She and her husband have two children, a daughter and a son [4] and resided in Park Ridge, Illinois until 2009 before production of Springer and Wilkos moved to Stamford, Connecticut. Steve has told audience members before tapings that he and his family now reside in Connecticut.[5][6]