About Brittney
Click here for pictures of Brittney at the Me in Focus Event!
Watch Brittney on the new TV show:
Chicago's Best
Chicago has a new TV show to call its very own.
WGN-TV and CLTV present Chicago's Best - a weekly half-hour
food and lifestyle program celebrating the best the Windy City has to offer.
The Chicago's Best team will uncover the best food, people, places,
and things to do across the region.
Chicago's Best will air Sunday nights at 10pm on WGN-TV.
Weekly encores of the program will air on
CLTV Thursdays at 8pm, Fridays at 11:30am and 8pm, and
Saturdays and Sundays at 6:30am, 12pm, and 7pm.
10 Things you may not know about Brittney:
1. She was born in 1985, the year her father, Walter Payton, led the Chicago Bear's
to their legendary Super Bowl triumph
2. Brittney graduated from DePaul University in 2008 with a degree in Communications.
3. She is a Co-Founder for "Youth for Life" - Remembering Walter Payton.
4. She is a vegetarian.
5. She is currently a host of Chicago's Best on WGN!
6. She likes to play tennis.
7. She grew up in Barrington, IL
8. She wrote her own chapter in the book PAYTON (chapter 11: In His Shadow).
9. She is currently working for by the Big Ten Network.
10. She campaigns to encourage Organ Donations thru public speaking.
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Brittney Payton Appearances:
Featured in Sophisticate's BLACK HAIR STYLES AND CARE GUIDE
Featured in Chicago Tribune Liver Health - An Independent Supplement By MEDIA PLANET
Spokesperson for the State of Illinois Organ and Tissue Donation Campaign
Keynote speaker for Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta and Savanna Georgia
Co-Host for Lucent Technologies Super Bowl Tailgate in Dallas, Texas
Children's Memorial Hospital Press Conference
Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament
Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, emcee of MCHC's 57th Annual Luncheon
Keynote speaker. 7th Ward High Schools in Chicago inspirational speech on their theme
"How To Achieve Greatness In TV Broadcasting/Journalism"
Keynote speaker for the Cook County 2011 Youth Summit
February 2011 - Super Bowl/Dallas - Walter Payton/NFL Man of the Year Winner Announced
November 14, 2010 - WCPF Tailgate Party at Cheeseburger in Paradise - Des Plaines
October 21, 2010 - Guggenheim School, Chicago - Principle for a day
October 5, 2010 - Me In Focus 6pm - 8pm at Rockit - Chicago
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"Youth for Life" - Remembering Walter Payton
*Brittney Payton (Co-Founder)*
It was not until Walter’s plea for an organ donor that the awareness of
this most precious gift of life hit home with the State of Illinois.
As a living testimony to her father, Brittney was instrumental in initiating the
“Youth for Life” Remembering Walter Payton program.
She takes every opportunity to speak out on the importance of
being an organ donor.
After Walter’s televised plea for donors: the State of Illinois
became the #1 State for Registered Organ Donors.
The Payton family, together with Jesse White, has worked diligently for the State
of Illinois to maintain this #1 status for the last four years. The “Youth for Life”
program is a tribute to what the Payton family is all about and the accomplishments
they’ve shared. The existence of this on-going program is not centered on any special
person or group. It’s a program that will offer everyone an
opportunity for the continuation of life.
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Brittney Payton 2011 Bio
BRITTNEY PAYTON was born in 1985, the same year her father Walter Payton led the Chicago
Bears to their legendary Super Bowl triumph. She has followed in her father’s footsteps by
taking the lead as an avid crusader for the need of health awareness and education.
As a popular guest speaker, Brittney also shares her passion on the Importance of organ donation,
which began after her father passed away in 1999 from a rare liver disease that developed into
cancer. On a more personal note, Brittney endears herself to her audience as she talks openly
about her own difficult years as a young adult and her severe health issues battling anorexia.
While struggling to cope with the loss of her father, anorexia was her recourse, and Brittney credits
her family and her faith in turning her life around. With a true understanding of how the loss of
a loved one can affect one’s life, Brittney reaches out through her own inspirational and heartfelt
story to those who have been touched by this ever changing world we live in.
Brittney graduated from DePaul University in 2008 where she obtained her degree in communications. She is currently employed with the Big Ten Network and is a co- host on the TV show
“Chicago’s Best” that airs Sunday evenings on WGN-TV.
Coming from a family that never forgets to give back, Brittney plays an active role with the
Walter and Connie Payton Foundation by working directly with the Illinois Department of
Children & Family Services (DCFS) to provide for in-need children throughout the state of
Illinois. Brittney has had the opportunity and pleasure of speaking at events such as;
Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta and Savannah - Georgia, NFL Man of the Year Press Conference,
Illinois Association of Student Council State Convention, University of Illinois Medical Center
Guild Gala and several Chicago-land Public Schools. Brittney has also been the Mistress of
Ceremonies for Mike Furrey Foundation and Cirque Shanghai, just to name a few.
To learn a little more about Brittney check out the book PAYTON
& see chapter 11 "In His Shadow" by Brittney Payton
(PAYTON can be purchased on our on-line store)
