Alisa Parenti is an award- winning journalist with more than two decades of experience in the fields of print and broadcast communications. She began her career as a production assistant at WBBM-TV (CBS) in Chicago, Illinois, and later went on to work as a broadcast reporter at WBBS-FM and WTVH-TV (CBS) in Syracuse, New York.After reporting for five years at the top-rated station in Syracuse, WIXT-TV (ABC), Alisa was chosen to anchor the 11 p.m. newscast in 2000. In 2002, Alisa joined WJLA-TV (ABC) and News Channel 8 in Washington D.C. as a broadcast correspondent on "Good Morning Washington." She later served as a Weekend News Anchor. Alisa graduated from Northwestern University in 1987 with a degree in Communications. She holds a Master's Degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern, as well. Alisa is active in the Medill Mentoring Program, the Northwestern Alumni Association, the National Press Club and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards Committee. Alisa resides in Northern Virginia with her husband, Jim, and her two daughters.