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Speakers, Presenters & Moderators
April Eaton
National Media Team Senior Manager, Allstate Insurance Company; Television Show Host, NewsChannel 5 Network
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As senior manager of Allstate Insurance Company’s National Media Team, April Eaton directs communication on climate change and response during the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. For the last 25 years, April was deployed to ground zero immediately after hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires, communicating crucial information to customers and communities on the steps to recovery. Her crisis expertise in the field is featured in a national TV advertising campaign on Allstate’s catastrophe response.
Before her time at Allstate, April was a reporter for NewsChannel 5, covering everything from education to an emu’s dramatic escape. Six years and three television Emmy Award nominations later, April traded her time in front of the camera for a career in corporate communications. She has a passion for storytelling. And in an unexpected turn of events, she received the opportunity to return to her TV roots and Channel 5 family—this time, as the host of her own show, Urban Outlook: A Forum for African American Issues, which is now in its 23rd season.
April’s commitment to making a positive impact extends beyond her personal professional endeavors to inspiring others. As a testament to her influence, the Tamron Hall Show reached out to April in 2021 to make a surprise appearance as a guest alongside Entertainment Tonight’s Nischelle Turner. This special encounter held profound significance as Nischelle, the first Black woman to co-host ET, revealed that April was the very woman of color who inspired her to pursue a career in television hosting.
April is a life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and an advisory board member for the YWCA of Middle Tennessee’s Dress for Success Program. A recent graduate of the 25th Class of Leadership Franklin (2022 – 2023), she was named one of Nashville Lifestyles Magazine’s Women in Business honorees (2017), a past Athena Award nominee and received the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Nashville Chapter’s Davis-Galloway Award (2016).
April holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Media Arts from Hampton University and a Master of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She finds ultimate joy and fulfillment in her role as mother to son, Avery, and daughter, Amber.
