Tammy Elliott

Tammy is co-anchor on Action 2 News This Morning and Consumer First Alert reporter. She joined WBAY in 2012 as co-anchor of Action 2 News This Morning with Kevin Rompa.

Tammy began her journalism career in 1992 as an intern at the CBS station in Green Bay and worked her way up to reporter and anchor. Along with TV news, she got a taste of early mornings co-hosting on WIXX Radio with "Murphy in the Morning." In 2002 she joined WISN in Milwaukee, WBAY'S sister station, as an anchor and reporter.

During her time at WISN she was honored with two of the highest and most prestigious broadcasting honors: the international Peabody Award and the Edward R. Murrow Award for reporting on children sleeping through smoke detectors, alerting families, firefighters, and equipment manufacturers to the need for more effective warning devices.

Tammy has earned many honors from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association and Milwaukee Press Club. She was recognized with an Eric Sevareid award for her consumer reporting and social media live coverage of a massive data breach. In 2008, Tammy received national recognition from the International Association of Fire Fighters for an investigation into the death of Green Bay firefighter Arnie Wolff.

Tammy has followed the Packers to the Super Bowl, co-hosted with Regis Philbin on his national TV show for a day, spent a week in Rome with New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan (then Milwaukee Archbishop), and returned to report live from Vatican City the week following the death of Pope John Paul II. She's interviewed Oprah Winfrey, Katie Couric, the late Peter Jennings, Brett Favre and former First Lady Laura Bush.

Tammy says, "It's exciting to sit down one-on-one with newsmakers, but it's the people I meet every day whose stories touch me most." Throughout her career she has been involved in numerous community events and fundraisers.

Tammy was born in Ironwood, Michigan, and still has family in the U.P. She moved to Green Bay at a very young age. She attended Valley View Elementary and Ashwaubenon Middle and High school. Tammy graduated from UW-Madison where she also was a Badger cheerleader.

Tammy cherishes family time. She lives in De Pere with her husband Glen and their two children.