Lisa Petrillo CBS4 Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Husband, and Net Worth

Since 2001, Petrillo has held the position of Entertainment and Lifestyle Reporter at WFOR-CBS4, which is based in Miami, Florida, in the United States. She has been South Florida’s most prominent entertainment correspondent for many years, and during that time she has conducted interviews with a wide variety of famous people, including Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez, Paul McCartney, Sting, Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks, Elton John, Warren Beatty, and Audrey Hepburn, who passed away in 2003.

Lisa presents the segment on CBS4 called “Taste of the Town,” which reports on fashion, travel, and other lifestyle trends and celebrates South Florida’s expanding culinary scene. In addition to reporting on entertainment, Lisa also covers stories related to lifestyle trends.

In 1986, Lisa began her professional life in the field of education when she accepted a position as Communications Manager for the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau. In that same year, she began her career in television at WPLG, initially working there as a producer before being promoted to the position of entertainment correspondent at the station in 1988. After working as a national correspondent for WPLG, Lisa was offered a position as a national correspondent on the NBC program “Real Life.”

Lisa Petrillo Awards

Lisa has been awarded three Emmys: two for writing and one for on-camera performance for her behind-the-scenes series on soap operas entitled “Love in the Afternoon,” and her third for a CBS4 broadcast on the “Chefs Challenge” in the year 2005. She was chosen by the American Cancer Society as one of the ten most stylish women in Miami in the year 1996. Her award came that year.

Lisa is actively associated with a wide variety of charitable organizations, some of which include the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Miami Children’s Health Foundation, the Diabetes Research Institute, and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Anna Wintour, Editor in Chief of Vogue Magazine, selected Lisa to be a member of the “Vogue 100” in 2014 and 2015. The “Vogue 100” is a powerful group of leaders who are recognized for their distinctive taste in fashion and society. She was presented with an award in 2015 for her conviction and dedication to the arts at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale Beaux-Arts Group. The award was given in recognition of her participation in the arts.

In 2016, the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented Lisa with the Silver Circle Award for her outstanding work in the television industry. (NATAS.) The Silver Circle Award is given annually to honor television industry professionals who have worked in the field for at least 25 years and made substantial contributions to the medium of television.