Connie Colla
Connie Colla is an American multi-million-dollar luxury realtor for Launch Real Estate Agency in Scottsdale, Arizona. She specializes in residential real estate. She is a former television news anchor and host. She has anchored in San Diego, Phoenix, and Philadelphia, and has filled in on "Weekend Today" on NBC. Colla also played a television reporter in the movie "Law Abiding Citizen", starring Jaime Foxx and Gerard Butler. Early life. Colla was born in Great Falls, Montana and graduated from Montana State University. She was Miss Montana USA 1987. Career. Connie Colla is a member of the  National Association of Realtors and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and is a former board member for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix and Associated Services for the Blind in Philadelphia. Most of her other charity work focuses on women and children. Colla is often asked to emcee black tie gala charity events in Arizona. For eight years, she hosted "The Children's Miracle Network Celebration" on TV for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Colla has been a guest cooking host on "The Fretz Kitchen", a nationally syndicated cooking show. She has won several Emmy awards for  her work during her career. Colla moved to Arizona in 2009 to anchor the morning and midday news at KNXV-TV in Phoenix. She left the channel to start her own real estate company; her last day at the station was December 4, 2014. Personal life. Colla lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her two children.