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Wolfe was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Pétionville, Haiti. Her father, Bennet Wolfeld, was a Puerto Rican Jew who was born and raised in Puerto Rico.
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Jenna Wolfe
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From 2007–2014 she was a correspondent for National Broadcasting Company"s Today, and Sunday co-anchor from (2007-2012) and news anchor for Weekend Today from 2012–2014. On September 12, 2014, Wolfe was promoted to Today lifestyle and fitness correspondent and National Broadcasting Company News national correspondent. Her final day as news anchor was September 21, 2014.
Her mother, Sheila Greenfeld, was an American Jew from New Jersey.
Wolfe had a religious upbringing and had her bat mitzvah while living in the islands. She moved from Jamaica to Haiti when she was five.
In 1989, her family moved to the United States. Wolfe attended State University of New York Geneseo from 1992 to 1994.
She graduated from Binghamton University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in French and English in 1996.
From 2004 to 2007, she was the weekend morning sports anchor for WABC"s Eyewitness News in New York City where she had a special segment called "Jenna"s Beef," in which she editorialized an event from the world of sports that week. Prior to that, she worked for the Madison Square Garden Network, WPHL-television in Philadelphia as the first female sportscaster, WICZ-television in Binghamton, New York, WUHF-television in Rochester, New York, and the Today Show as an international Aside from her journalistic duties, Wolfe has appeared as a judge on Food Network"s Iron Chef America.
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2004–2007: WABC-television weekend morning sports anchor
2007–2015: National Broadcasting Company News
2007–2014: Today correspondent
2007–present: National Broadcasting Company News National correspondent
2007–2012: Weekend Today Sunday co-anchor
2012: Weekend Today co-anchor
2012–September 21, 2014: Weekend Today news anchor
2007–2015: Today fill-in anchor
2014–2015: Today lifestyle and fitness correspondent.
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Jamaica United States of A