JOAN LUNDEN is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, television host, and motivational speaker. For nearly two decades she greeted viewers on Good Morning America, making her the longest-running female host on early morning television.

An ardent health and senior advocate, she has testified before the FDA for mandatory mammogram reporting and before the Congressional House Ways and Means Committee in support of expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act. She was a visiting professor at Lehigh University’s College of Health, where she taught Population Health and the Media.

Her book, “Why Did I Come into This Room: A Candid Conversation About Aging,” became a New York Times bestseller. Following her breast cancer diagnosis she chronicled her journey in: "Had I Known: A Memoir of Survival." Her latest book is “Joan: Beyond the Script.”