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Tina Wood (Born: March 16, 1974) is a on-air television personality, writer and producer. She is currenty the Executive Producer of new programming for Xbox!

Early life and career
Tina was born in Blackpool, England, one of five children to Anthony and Catherine Wood. Her father was British and her mother Canadian. Her family moved to Montreal when was fairly young. After a few years in Canada her parents and siblings moved to the United States settling in Miami for a few years. Finally moving to Orlando where Tina began school. She attended six different schools and graduated from Edgewater High School where she was Senior Class President and Athlete of the Year.

Tina attended Florida State University where she studied broadcasting and played softball for the Seminoles. She had ambitions to become a sports broadcaster and worked for ABC Sports throughout her college career. But then Hollywood came calling - and the day after graduation she drove for five days by herself across the country to Hollywood to work as in intern on Spike Jonze first feature film "Harold and The Purple Crayon". The film was eventually cancelled and her first paying job was as a casting assistant on the [|Mark Medoff] film "Santa Fe". Here, she turned her inspirations towards writing. After "Santa Fe" wrapped she became an assistant to actor Jere Burns during his days on "Something So Right". Here, Tina was absorbed into the world of television. Working on the Universal Studios backlot everyday where the show filmed alongside "Just Shoot Me". She began writing television specs and acquired a literary agent. While writing she worked in development at Fox Studios doing script coverage for Harold Ramis' production company "Ocean Pictures". Also working for Jim Cameron's "Lightstorm Entertainment".

In 2000 Tina was hired as a staff writer helping launch the first ever television network for gamers - G4. While at G4 she was the head writer of the network - lending her craft to multiple shows including: Icons, Sweat, Cheat, G4tv.com and multiple specials. She also served as a host and producer of the interactive gaming show G4tv.com. She served in this role alongside Laura Foy, Geoff Keighley, and previously Scot Rubin. On the show, Tina's gamertag was T-Dub. On December 12, 2005, Tina announced on her personal blog that G4tv.com had been cancelled by G4, and that filming of the last episode of the series would be on December 17, 2005. Tina, along with Laura Foy, moved on to become part of a new Microsoft Internet show named Channel 10 where they spotlight the latest in gaming and technology and the people that use it. Tina continued working with Xbox as on-air talent and in 2011 moved over full time as Executive Producer of New Programming.

Personal Life
Tina is married and has one daughter and now goes by the name Tina Wood Summerford

Fun Facts
She was the 1989 World Junior Frisbee Disc Champion She played in the College World Series for Florida State University She once stumped Robin Williams in an interview She became a United States Citizen in July 2010 At 19 she spent a summer living in Boulder, Colorado canvassing for non-profit COPIRG Her older sister is a Theatre Director in Portland, ME She appeared on E and Nickelodeon She hosted G-phoria with Cliff Bleszinsky, Carmin Electra and Dave Navarro