Allie Brown Torgan

Allie Brown Torgan is a Producer for CNN's award-winning "CNN Heroes" campaign and a former producer for Harpo Productions, MTV Networks and Mark Burnett Productions. She is a Peabody award winner, a two-time Emmy nominee and the recipient of several other honors including the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for "Help for Haiti Now," and an Entertainment Media Award from the Muslim Public Affairs Council. Allie holds a B.A. in English from Southern Methodist University and studied Film and Production at New York University. She has worked in Haiti, the Middle East, South Africa, Nepal, Bosnia, Mexico, Nicaragua and the U.K. on documentary projects for various media outlets. She has more than 15 years of experience creating, producing and developing on-air and online content and executing large events and productions. She also serves as an Emmy Awards Judge for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.