Sally Colon-Petree

Sally Colon-Petree

Birth Name: Sally Colon
Height: 160 cm
Sally Colon-Petree is a native of Chicago, but relocated to Los Angeles in 1996 to pursue her career in the entertainment industry, after attending Oral Roberts University, where she studied Film & Television production.A year after arriving in LA, Sally landed a role in the dark comedy "Eight Heads in A Duffel Bag", starring Joe Pesc... Show more »
Sally Colon-Petree is a native of Chicago, but relocated to Los Angeles in 1996 to pursue her career in the entertainment industry, after attending Oral Roberts University, where she studied Film & Television production.A year after arriving in LA, Sally landed a role in the dark comedy "Eight Heads in A Duffel Bag", starring Joe Pesci & David Spade; followed by several guest starring roles on network television shows and National commercials, as well as landing a coveted spot on the cover of "Woman's World" magazine.In 2001, Sally signed a $1.3 million dollar record deal as part of a Latin girl group managed by Suzanne DePasse, a Motown executive responsible for discovering the Jackson 5. Later, Sally decided to focus on creating family friendly programs, and moved into producing and hosting TV. Her first endeavor was as producer and host of "Action House TV", an MTV style music video show. Sally's duties were to interview well known music artist in the music industry, and showcase their latest music videos; as the show expanded, Sally was recruited by Grace Hill Media to be one of their media representatives, which led to her traveling the country doing press junkets for major film studios, consequently expanding her interviewing to major movie stars such as Robert Duval, Jaime Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Cuba Gooding Jr, Beyonce Knowles, James Caan, Will Ferrell, etc... "Action House TV" quickly became the largest faith based music video show in the country, potentially viewed in more than 250 million homes each week, which consequently led Sally to wining 2 Telly awards for her work as producer and host of the show.In 2003, Sally became one of the co-host on the magazine-style talk show, Insight for Women, Family and Faith. Similar to ABC's "The View," hosted by Barbara Walters, the show focused on women's concerns from a Christian perspective. Working alongside Lakita Garth and Holly McClure, Colón was excited about the opportunity to add her perspective to these issues. Sally was also a frequent guest host on the popular Christian show "The Harvest Show", based out of South Bend, IN.In 2004, Sally and her husband started a production company called Dream On Productions. Soon after they started the company, Sally created, produced and hosted a reality show called "Tour TV" which she shopped to several networks, and eventually sold 19 episodes to INSP (Inspirational Network). Soon after the show began airing, Stephen and Sally found out they were about to embark on the most exciting time of their life, bringing a child into the world. In 2005, Isabella Carmen Petree was born, this led Sally to take some time off to be a stay at home mom, 4 months after Isabella was born, Sally found out she was pregnant with her second child, and in 2007, StevieJane Petree was born.In 2008, Sally ventured back into the entertainment biz as a morning show host on an internet radio station. Several months later, she got hired to run the artist management department at an LA based record label distributed by Universal Music Group. She managed several artists, overseeing key aspects of their careers. Sally worked with the publicity department at Rogers and Cowan to bring media awareness to the artists; booked the artists at local and national venues, paired the artists with corporate sponsors; established a social network marketing team that was responsible for building a fan base for the artists; placed songs on TV shows such as MTV's "The Hills" & "The City"; and worked with radio promoters to place songs in regular rotation on CHR, Triple A and Rock radio stations. Sally currently manages music artists, and works independently with production companies like Pure Flix Films to produce film projects. Her current project is as Director/Producer of a documentary called "Women Like Us" featuring Catt Sadler of E! News, set to release Spring 2015.Her 20 years of broad-based knowledge of the entertainment industry, acquired first as talent and subsequently as a television producer, radio host, talent manager, production manager for feature films, and most recently as Director/Producer of her documentary, affords Sally a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of achieving success in a hyper-competitive market.Sally currently resides in Valencia, California with her musician/producer husband, Stephen, as well as her two daughters (Isabella 8 and StevieJane 7). In addition to her producing & managing endeavors, Sally also sits on the board at The Dream Center (an urban outreach center in downtown LA), as well as the Women Like Us Foundation, where the focus is on mentoring teen girls and supporting women led causes globally and locally. Show less «
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