Beth Troutman

Nancy Elizabeth "Beth" Troutman (born January 9, 1977) is an American television personality.

Troutman was the lead host of the #1 new syndicated TV Show, RightThisMinute. In 2015 on air she disclosed because of wanting to spend more time with her ailing mother that she would be leaving the show. She is considered an industry expert on viral videos and on-line content and has appeared on numerous popular entertainment and news shows including The Today Show, Extra, Dr. Drew On Call, Headline News, Home and Family, and Good Day New York.

Troutman hosted the RightThisMinute pilot in 2010 and helped grow the show from 40 initial TV markets in 2011 to more than 190 television markets across the U.S. by 2014. In February 2014, RightThisMinute also began airing during primetime on HLN. In the summer of 2014, FOX joined the Right This Minute team and began airing the show on their major-market stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and many other cities across the U.S.

Troutman previously hosted the national morning show The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television. She began her on-camera career in 2005 as the host of WCCB-TV's morning show Fox News Rising in Charlotte, NC. Troutman later became anchor at WCNC-TV in Charlotte in 2015. She left this post in 2017 for charitable volunteer work.

Troutman attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she earned a double degree in Political Science and Women's Studies with a focus on Feminist Political Theory. Driven by a desire to change the images of women on television, Troutman headed to Hollywood to begin her career. After a cold-call, she landed a job as a crew member on NBC's Emmy-winning television show The West Wing. She began her 4-year stint on the show as a production assistant and quickly became the assistant to Alex Graves, an Executive Producer and Director of the show. While on the show, Troutman worked alongside political heavyweights Dee Dee Myers, Gene Sperling, Lawrence O'Donnell and Peggy Noonan.

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