Mrs.Gulbrandsen graduated from Cornell University with a BA in Economics. She has a MFA in Motion Picture Producing from the Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program at the University of Southern California. She began but did not finish her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of California at Berkeley, then continued, on a fellowship, at New York University.
Allison Gulbrandsen is married to Donald Gulbrandsen and is currently CEO of the home with two terrific children, Alex and Kate.