Jennifer Graves has been at the helm of Chicago's top-rated news organization since October 2001, when she was promoted to the position of Vice President and News Director, ABC 7 Chicago. Under her watch, every newscast in the ABC 7 lineup is rated #1 in the market. Graves has been a major contributor to the station's cutting edge technological advances including High Definition news, an all digital newsroom and the development of a state-of-the-art broadcast facility, the State Street Studio.

In her role as Vice President and News Director, Graves manages 135 employees, oversees a multi-million dollar budget, and directs ABC 7 news efforts, from breaking news and major event coverage to half-hour news specials and day to day news planning. During her tenure, ABC 7 News has been honored for excellence with numerous awards including Associated Press, local Emmy and Peter Lisagor Awards, as well as a National Emmy Award for investigative news reporting.

From 1998 to 2001, Graves was the Assistant News Director at ABC 7. She joined the station in 1992 as an executive news producer.

Before joining ABC 7, Graves was at WAGA-TV News in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1988-1992, where she was promoted from news producer to executive producer. Prior to that, she worked as a producer and assignment editor at KSDK-TV in St. Louis, Missouri from 1983-88.

Graves is a member of the Radio and Television News Directors Association.

She graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Journalism degree.

Graves lives with her husband and twin daughters in the North suburbs.