Alison Harmelin

{{Infobox person | image = | name = Alison Harmelin | caption = | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = News anchor | alma_mater = University of Southern California<br />Paris-Sorbonne University | relatives = Stephen Harmelin (father) | networth = | footnotes = }} '''Alison Harmelin''' is an American journalist and businesswoman who is the co-founder and chief brand officer at Zeel.com, an on-demand in-home health & wellness company. Prior to Zeel, from 2005 to 2015, she was an American television journalist for CBS News based in New York City. Harmelin last served as a fill-in anchor for CBS News Up-to-the-Minute and also served as a fill-in anchor for the CBS Morning News and CBSN. Harmelin was also a correspondent for CBS Newspath,<ref name=CBS1>{{cite web |title= Tweet Number 400379540352290816 |url= https://twitter.com/cbsnewspath/status/400379540352290816 |author= CBS Newspath |date= November 12, 2013|access-date= June 18, 2014 |quote= Behind the scenes as @alisoncbs prepares your latest business news. #moneywatch |website= Twitter }}</ref> the network's 24-hour daily news service, anchor and reporter for CBS MoneyWatch,<ref name="CBS News 2013-08-05">{{cite news |last=Harmelin |first=Alison |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/first-quarter-profits-of-hsbc-are-up/ |title=First quarter profits of HSBC are up |work=CBS News |publisher=CBS News |date=August 5, 2013 |access-date=June 18, 2014 }}</ref> and frequent contributor to CBS Radio News<ref name="Osgood Files 2012-04-24">{{cite news |url=http://www.westwood-backup.com/pg/jsp/osgood/transcript.jsp?pid=34091 |title=Some arthritis relief, thanks to ultrasound |work=The Osgood File |publisher=Westwood One Radio Networks |date=April 24, 2012 |access-date=June 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212103/http://www.westwood-backup.com/pg/jsp/osgood/transcript.jsp?pid=34091 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref> and CBSNews.com.

==Career== Harmelin covered breaking news for more than a decade, including Hurricane Sandy,<ref name="CBS News 2012-12-01">{{cite news |url=http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/7909651-latest-on-hurricane-sandy-clean-up-efforts/ |title=Latest On Hurricane Sandy Clean-Up Efforts |work=CBS Newspath |publisher=WCCO-TV |date=December 1, 2012 |access-date=June 18, 2014 }}</ref> the aftermath of the September 11 attacks<ref name="WTVY News 2011-09-09">{{cite news|url=http://www.wtvy.com/feature/headlines/High_Alert_After_Al-Qaeda_911_Threat_129541258.html?site=full |title=High Alert After Al-Qaeda 9/11 Threat |work=WTVY |publisher=WTVY |date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=June 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203636/http://www.wtvy.com/feature/headlines/High_Alert_After_Al-Qaeda_911_Threat_129541258.html?site=full |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref> and the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.<ref name="Global News 2014-03-09">{{cite news |url=http://globalnews.ca/video/1197292/possible-debris-from-missing-malaysian-airlines-flight-spotted-near-vietnam/ |title=Possible debris from missing Malaysian airlines flight spotted near Vietnam |work=Global News |publisher=Global News |date=March 9, 2014 |access-date=June 18, 2014 }}</ref> She reported live from New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina. She covered the Collapse of Bear Stearns in 2008 and the impact of the Great Recession on the American people.<ref name="News Inc 2008-03-25">{{cite news |url=http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=10557&sitesection=&VID=19954 |title=Wall Street's reaction to JP Morgan's new Bear Stearns bid; few Americans plan to spend their tax rebate checks; and Google wants to offer WiFi in TV "white" space. |work=CBS MarketWatch |publisher=News Inc |date=March 25, 2008 |access-date=June 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235743/http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=10557&sitesection=&VID=19954 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref>

Harmelin began her career at NBC News in London, has covered the White House and the Supreme Court in Washington D.C., and worked as a local anchor and reporter at television stations in central Pennsylvania and Philadelphia<ref name="Broadcasting & Cable 2001-11-04">{{cite news |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/fates-fortunes/90172 |title=Fates & Fortunes |work=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Broadcasting & Cable |date=November 4, 2001 |access-date=June 18, 2014 }}</ref> before moving to New York City. Prior to her work in television, Harmelin clerked for a Los Angeles-based law firm. She later worked for then District Attorney of Philadelphia, Lynne Abraham.

==Personal life== Harmelin was born and raised in Philadelphia. Her father is Stephen Harmelin, the former White House Director of Speechwriting and a former White House Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1964 to 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.usc.edu/77602/reporting-from-hot-spots-where-no-one-wants-to-be/|title=This just in: Alumna reports from global hotspots|website=University of Southern California|access-date=November 28, 2020}}</ref> She graduated with honors from the University of Southern California and attended the Paris-Sorbonne University.

Harmelin sits on the committee for New Yorkers for Children (in foster care),<ref name="NYFC">{{cite web |url=http://newyorkersforchildren.org/article/friends-committee/ |title=New Yorkers For Children >> Friends Committee }}</ref> and once served as a board member for the Alliance for Lupus Research.<ref name="ALR">{{cite web |url=http://www.lupusresearch.org/about-us/board-of-directors-1.html |title=Alliance for Lupus Research Board of Directors |access-date=June 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130529/http://www.lupusresearch.org/about-us/board-of-directors-1.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref> She is married to entrepreneur and investor, Samer Hamadeh.<ref name="AL">{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/samer-hamadeh-zeel-alternative-medicine_n_1832948.html |title=Samer Hamadeh, Zeel Co-Founder, Looks To Alternative Medicine For A Solution |work=Huffington Post |date=August 29, 2012 |access-date=August 29, 2015}}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://twitter.com/alisoncbs Twitter]

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