Joan Lunden (born Joan Blunden on September 19, 1950) was a co-host of ABC's Good Morning America from 1980 until 1997. She is Jewish.
She was married to Michael Kraus from 1978 until their divorce in 1992; the couple has 3 daughters. She married Jeff Konigsberg on April 18, 2000; they have 4 children, two sets of twins (each consisting of one boy and one girl, born in 2003 and 2005), both of which were delivered by Joan Lunden's mother,Deborah Bolig in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lunden was once romantically linked to actor John Morgan of Scranton, PA.
Lunden sits on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Preceded by:
Sandy Hill
Good Morning America co-host
1980–1997with David Hartman as host from 1980 to 1987, and Charles Gibson from 1987 to 1997 as host
Followed by:
Lisa McRae as Charles Gibson's co-host from 1997 to 1998