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Joan
Lunden
Joan Lunden
is one of America's most recognized and trusted television personalities.
As host of ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" for almost
two decades (1980-1997)--the longest-running host on early morning
television--Lunden helped millions of viewers greet each new
day. During her tenure she reported from 26 countries, covered
four presidents, five Olympics, and two Royal weddings, and
all the while kept Americans up to date on how to care for their
homes, their families and themselves. Today, calling upon all
those many years of interviewing the world's greatest leaders
and stars from all walks of life including chefs and lifestyle
experts, she is host of the CBS primetime series "Wickedly
Perfect" a competition searching for America's next great
style maker.
A well-known
working mom of seven, Joan has been a longtime health advocate
and is author of many best-selling books on topics such as
Healthy Living, Healthy Cooking and Growing Up Healthy:
Protecting Your Child From Diseases Now Through Adulthood.
An award-winning
broadcast journalist, Lunden executive produced and hosted
the weekly series "Behind Closed Doors" from 1996-2001
first for ABC TV, then for A&E TV. On the critically-acclaimed
program she gave viewers unprecedented access to places few
have ever seen like the CIA Headquarters and the Secret Service
Training Grounds, and she delighted viewers with her on-air
daredevil adventures like bungee jumping, mountain climbing,
performing as a Las Vegas showgirl, and diving to the bottom
of the sea with oceanographers. She has also been allowed
to take part in a number of daring military training exercises:
deploying with the Navy Seals from a Nuclear Attack Submarine;
landing on the USS Eisenhower in an FA-18; flying at 65,000
feet, the edge of space, in a U2 Reconnaissance aircraft;
training in an M1A2 Abrams Battle Tank; night attack jump
training with the 82nd Airborne and formation skydiving with
the elite Golden Knights. In May 2001, Lunden was awarded
for her in-depth coverage of our Armed Forces with the Decoration
for Distinguished Civilian Service, the highest honor given
to a civilian by the military.
Lunden
is one of the most visible moms in America. In March of this
year, the mother of Jamie, Lindsay, Sarah and toddler twins
Kate and Max, announced that she and her husband, businessman
Jeff Konigsberg, have welcomed their second set of twins,
Kimberly and Jack, by a surrogate. Also one of the most written
about moms in America, she has graced the covers of over 26
magazines, most recently Ladies Home Journal (May 2004),
Women's Day (May 2004), People (March 2003) and Good
Housekeeping (September 2003 and the June 2005 issue).
In sharing her personal experiences, Lunden has become a vocal
parenting advocate and endeared herself to American viewers.
She was voted "Mother of the Year" by the National
Mother's Day Committee and "Career Mother of the Year"
by the National Institute of Infant Services. Lunden has dedicated
much of her career to educating parents, hosting the award-winning
"Mothers Day" program for Lifetime TV, "Miracle
Babies" for PAX-TV, and the video "Your Newborn
Baby." She can currently be seen on the Newborn Baby
Channel, in hospital maternity wards around the country and
on www.ivillage.com.
A best
selling author, her books include Wake-Up Calls, A
Bend In The Road Is Not The End Of The Road, Joan Lunden's
Healthy Living, Joan Lunden's Healthy Cooking,
Mother's Minutes, Your Newborn Baby, and Good
Morning, I'm Joan Lunden. She also hosts the exercise
video "Workout America".
Ms. Lunden
is a nationally known speaker, addressing groups as large
25,000 on subjects ranging from Women's Health and Children's
Nutrition, Fertility and Surrogacy, Dealing with Change and
Finding Success, the Television Media and The Search for Inspiration
and Happiness. Lunden toured with Tony Robbins for three years
and has hosted corporate events for such companies as Hyperion
Solutions, VISA, Tricon Global Restaurants, Volvo and Hewlett
Packard. She has hosted numerous satellite media tours and
media events including Benefiber, National Canned Foods, Schering-Plough,
and the National Pork Association. Lunden has also hosted
many corporate annual meetings, as well as institutional videos,
representing such entities as The American Dental Association
and The American Lung Association.
Lunden's
dedication to her family, her work and her civic responsibility
have earned her numerous honors and awards, including the
Spirit of Achievement Award from the Albert Einstein College
of Yeshiva, National Women's Political Caucus Award, New Jersey
Division of Civil Rights Award, Baylor University Outstanding
Woman of the Year, and the YWCA Outstanding Woman's Award.
The New York Women in Communications honored Lunden with a
Matrix Award for her outstanding contributions to the broadcasting
field.
Lunden
began her broadcasting career in Sacramento, California, at
KCRA-TV and Radio. She was a consumer reporter, weather reporter
and anchor. In 1975, she joined WABC-TV Eyewitness News in
New York as a reporter and anchor. She resides in the New
York area with her husband and children.
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