Heather Nauert

Heather Nauert is married to Scott Norby, an investment banker working at Goldman Sachs. They have two sons—Peter who was born in October 2009, and Gage, who was born in December 2010.

Heather Ann Nauert was born on January 27, 1970 in Rockford, the third largest city in the US state of Illinois. Her father, Peter Nauert, was an executive in the insurance industry. She has three brothers: Justin, Jonathan, and Joseph.

She attended Pine Manor College, a private liberal arts college in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It was a women-only college till 2014.

She then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Mount Vernon College for Women in Washington, D.C. It merged with George Washington University in 1999, and is now known as the Mount Vernon Campus of The George Washington University.

She also earned a master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University, a private research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

Prior to working as a journalist, Heather Nauert worked as a government affairs consultant on issues like Social Security, health insurance, and taxes. She was also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, a US nonprofit think-tank that specialized in US foreign policy and international affairs.

In 1996, she joined First Business, a nationally syndicated financial news and analysis television program, produced by First Business Network LLC, a subsidiary of Weigel Broadcasting in Chicago. She served as a reporter on the syndicated weekly business program.

In 1998, she joined Fox News Channel, an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group. She served the channel for seven years—the first three years as a contributor, and the next four as a correspondent.

As a correspondent with the Fox News Channel, she regularly contributed to ‘The Big Story,’ a news/talk television program that started airing in 2000 on the Fox News Channel. She served as a host along with John Gibson.

As the news anchor on Fox News Channel’s morning show ‘Fox & Friends’ and ‘Fox & Friends First’, she covered foreign and domestic news and events including some significant ones like the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War. She also covered the election. She left Fox Channel in 2005. Celebrity Net Worth estimated that she was earning $500,000 a year from Fox News.

At ABC News, she received an Emmy Award nomination for her work on the special series, ‘13 Around the World.’ The award recognizes excellence in the television industry.