Liz Alesse

Liz Alesse is an accomplished media executive with 20 years of experience in television, radio and podcasting. She currently serves as Vice President of ABC Audio at ABC News.
Throughout her career, Liz has managed editorial teams, developed and implemented content strategies across linear and digital platforms, and produced live broadcasts from the field and the control room, including major presidential campaign events and breaking news coverage.

Liz began her broadcast career in local television news at Capital News 9 in her hometown of Albany, NY before moving to Boston where she worked at New England Cable News (NECN) and in the local newsroom of NPR and PBS member station WGBH. She joined ABC News in early 2015 serving as coordinating producer and interim executive producer of This Week with George Stephanopoulos, and later moving into a leadership role on the reporting team that covers the White House and Capitol Hill.

In 2020, Liz was tapped to lead ABC News’ growing podcast enterprise, which includes the network’s flagship daily news podcast, "Start Here." In 2022, her purview was expanded to include ABC News Radio, the nation’s largest commercial radio network boasting more than 1,500 affiliates and digital distributors.

Liz has been named one of the Most Influential Women in Radio by Radio Ink Magazine two years running and appeared on the May 2024 cover. Under her leadership, ABC Audio has won numerous radio and podcast awards, including 13 Edward R. Murrow Awards.

Liz is a graduate of the University of Richmond where she studied English literature and history