{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{short description|American television producer (born 1971)}} {{Infobox person | name = Rachelle Wilkos | birth_name = Rachelle Lynn Consiglio | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|1|11}} | birth_place = St. Clair Shores, Michigan, U.S. | occupation = Executive producer of ''Jerry Springer'' and ''The Steve Wilkos Show'' | years_active = 1994–present | alma_mater = Wayne State University | spouse = {{marriage|Steve Wilkos|2000}} | children = 2 }}
'''Rachelle Lynn Wilkos''' (née '''Consiglio'''; born January 11, 1971) is an American television producer.
Wilkos is a former senior producer on ''Jerry Springer'' and is now the executive producer of ''The Steve Wilkos Show'' (hosted by her husband, former ''Jerry Springer'' security guard turned talk show host Steve Wilkos).<ref>{{cite news|last=Fillo|first=Maryellen|title=Steve Wilkos And Rachelle Wilkos Show Off Their Home|url=http://www.courant.com/features/home-garden/hc-steve-wilkos-home-0312.artmar12,0,3371219.story|work=The Hartford Courant|date=March 12, 2010|accessdate=May 25, 2012}}</ref>
When longtime ''Jerry Springer'' executive producer Richard Dominick left the show at the start of the 2008 season,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080911211125/http://www.suntimes.com/business/feder/1157023,CST-FIN-feder11.article] (archived link, September 11, 2008)</ref> Wilkos was named the executive producer of ''The Steve Wilkos Show''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bio - Rachelle Wilkos|url=http://www.stevewilkos.com/our_team/rachelle-wilkos|website=Steve Wilkos Show|accessdate=18 September 2016}}</ref>
==Personal life== Wilkos graduated from Lake Shore High School in St. Clair Shores, Michigan near Detroit in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|author=Missy Bastardo Perry |url=http://www.lakeland89.com/class_profile_empty.cfm?member_id=1269350 |title=Rachelle Consiglio, St. Clair Shores, MI Michigan |publisher=Lakeland89.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref>
Wilkos attended Wayne State University with a major in journalism. Her television career started with a local morning show called ''Kelly & Company'' in 1994 as an intern. She later moved up to associate producer. Shortly after her promotion, she left the program to join ''Jerry Springer''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stevewilkos.com/team/rachelle-wilkos/|title=Rachelle Wilkos - Steve Wilkos|date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>
She and her husband have two children, a daughter named Ruby (born 2003) and a son named Jack (born 2005).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebrityparentsmag.com/2009/11/on-the-cover-steve-and-rachelle-wilkos.html |title=Celebrity Parents Magazine |publisher=Celebrityparentsmag.com |date=2009-11-13 |accessdate=2012-06-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730132430/http://www.celebrityparentsmag.com/2009/11/on-the-cover-steve-and-rachelle-wilkos.html |archive-date=2012-07-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They resided in Park Ridge, Illinois until 2009 before production of ''Jerry Springer'' and ''Wilkos'' moved to Stamford, Connecticut. Steve has told audience members before tapings that he and his family now reside in Fairfield County, Connecticut.<ref name="wgn">{{cite web|title=About Steve Wilkos|url=http://wgntv.trb.com/entertainment/syn/stevewilkos/ |publisher=WGN-TV|year=2007|accessdate=2007-12-15 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214035256/http://wgntv.trb.com/entertainment/syn/stevewilkos/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.suntimes.com/pcds/cgi/transfers.cgi?X=-87.852149963378906&Y=42.007778167724609&target=1831+Prairie+Ave&sort=City&year= |website=Chicago Sun-Times |lang=en |access-date=2023-08-10 |title=Recent Home Sales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220142415/http://www.suntimes.com/pcds/cgi/transfers.cgi?X=-87.852149963378906&Y=42.007778167724609&target=1831+Prairie+Ave&sort=City&year= |archive-date=December 20, 2008 }}</ref>
In April 2020, Wilkos was reportedly being treated for breast cancer, and her father was hospitalized due to COVID-19.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB7R01zcB30 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/oB7R01zcB30 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=(FULL) Steve Wilkos talks quarantine, wife's breast cancer & father-in-law's COVID diagnosis|date=April 29, 2020 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> By the following November, her breast cancer prognosis improved; her father had passed.<ref name="auto"/>
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==External links== *[http://www.stevewilkos.com Official website of ''The Steve Wilkos Show''] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100315140539/http://articles.courant.com/2010-03-12/news/hc-steve-wilkos-home-0312.artmar12_1_steve-wilkos-show-family-room-floor Articles.courant.com]
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