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Colleen Bell (born January 30, 1967) is an American television producer, philanthropist and advocate for the environment, arts and social causes. Bell resides in Los Angeles with her husband, television writer/producer Bradley Bell, and their four children.

Career
Colleen Bell is an Associate Producer of The Bold and the Beautiful produced by Bell-Phillip Television Productions, Inc.

The Bold and the Beautiful has won 40 Daytime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama Series in 2009, 2010, and again in 2011. The Bold and the Beautiful is the world's most-watched Soap Opera, and can be viewed in over 100 countries. In May 2010, Guinness World Records named the show "Most Popular Daytime TV Soap - Current."

Colleen Bell is active in the arts community as well as with environmental and social nonprofit organizations.

In February 2010, Colleen Bell was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She currently serves as Chairman of the committee.

Bell has been involved in several initiatives with the Natural Resources Defense Council. She is a founding member of the LA Leadership Council, Global Leadership Council and sits on the advisory board of Clean By Design, an NRDC initiative to improve the environmental performance of the global textile supply chain. In June 2011 Bell co-chaired and spoke at the NRDC event celebrating World Ocean’s Day.

Bell also serves on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Music Center , the Rape Treatment Center at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and is Vice Chair of the Children’s Institute, Inc.

As a member of the National Finance Committee for Obama 2012, Ms. Bell hosted two events at her home on February 15, 2012 including a performance by the Grammy Award Winning Foo Fighters and a private dinner. The proceeds from both events went to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee authorized by Obama for America and the Democratic National Committee.

Personal Life
Bell was born on January 30, 1967 in Evanston, IL to Sheila, a partner with an interior design firm, and Edward Bradley, a partner in the law firm of Bradley & Bradley. She is the daughter-in-law of Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. Colleen graduated with high honors from Sweet Briar College with a bachelor’s degree in political economy, a dual major in political science and economics. She spent her junior year abroad at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.

Bell married her childhood sweetheart Bradley Bell on October 4, 1991.

She is the mother of four children.