Summary: | Television producer Dianne A. Hudson was born on July 13, 1954 in Georgetown, South Carolina. She received her B.A. degree in broadcast journalism from Ohio University in 1976. She began her career in 1976 as a broadcast news writer for the Associated Press. Hudson was a television producer at several stations in Detroit, Michigan, including WXYZ-TV, WDIV-TV, and the PBS affiliate, WTVS-TV. She joined Harpo Productions in Chicago in 1986 as an associate producer. Hudson was promoted to supervising senior producer. From 1994 to 2003, she served as executive producer of the Oprah Winfrey Show. Hudson is credited with establishing Oprah's Book Club. Hudson also served as vice president, Harpo Productions, and president of The Oprah Winfrey Foundation and Oprah's Angel Network. Hudson also served as vice president, Harpo Productions, and president of The Oprah Winfrey Foundation and Oprah's Angel Network. In 2010, Hudson co-founded Andre Walker Hair, LLC.
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