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Willow Bay (born Kristine Carlin Bay; December 28, 1963) is an American television journalist, editor, author, and former model. In 2017, she became dean of the
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having earlier served as director of USC Annenberg School of Journalism. She was previously a senior editor for the ''
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'' and a special correspondent for
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.


Life and career

Bay was born in
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,
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. She attended
Dominican Academy Dominican Academy is an American Catholic college preparatory school for girls located on the Upper East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City. It was founded by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now Dominican Sisters ...
, an all-girls Catholic school in New York, and graduated from
Phillips Academy Phillips Academy (also known as PA, Phillips Academy Andover, or simply Andover) is a Private school, private, Mixed-sex education, co-educational college-preparatory school for Boarding school, boarding and Day school, day students located in ...
in
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. She attended the
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
as an undergraduate, and earned her
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from the
New York University Stern School of Business The Leonard N. Stern School of Business (also NYU Stern, Stern School of Business, or simply Stern) is the business school of New York University, a private research university based in New York City. Founded as the School of Commerce, Accounts ...
. A former fashion model, she was represented by
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. She was a spokesperson for Estée Lauder cosmetics from 1983 to 1989. Bay served as a correspondent for NBC's ''
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''. She was a co-anchor of
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's '' Good Morning America Sunday'' for four years, and a correspondent for ABC's ''World News Saturday'' and ''World News Sunday''. From
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
to
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
, she was co-host with
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of ''
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''. She was an anchor for
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, hosting two primetime programs: ''CNN & Entertainment Weekly'' and ''CNN & Fortune'', along with CNN's flagship financial news program, ''Moneyline''. She was a freelance anchor and correspondent for
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and
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in 2005 and 2006. She was the executive producer and host of
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's Spotlight 25. Bay is the author of a book titled ''Talking to Your Kids in Tough Times: How to Answer Your Child's Questions About the World We Live In'' (2003). At the ''
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'', Bay served as a senior editor based in
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. She has helped manage the expansion of non-political content and new verticals for the site. In collaboration with
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and the
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, she interviewed
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and President
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for the Newsmaker series. In July 2024, Bay and her husband, Bob Iger, agreed to take a majority stake in
Angel City FC Angel City Football Club is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Los Angeles, California, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The formation of the team was announced on July 21, 2020; it beg ...
, a Los Angeles-based
National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional Association football, soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system#Women's leagues, United States soccer league system (alongside the USL Supe ...
(NSWL) team, with a $100 million investment. On completion of the transaction, Bay will serve and control the board of ACFC and represent the club on the NWSL's board of governors.


Personal life

Bay has two sons and two step-daughters with her husband,
Bob Iger Robert Alan Iger (; born February 10, 1951) is an American media executive who is chief executive officer (CEO) of the Walt Disney Company. He previously was the president of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) between 1994 and 1995 and p ...
, the ex-chairman and current
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of
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, whom she married in 1995, following his divorce in 1994.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bay, Willow 1963 births Living people Female models from New York (state) American television reporters and correspondents American television news anchors NBA broadcasters Writers from New York City Phillips Academy alumni New York University Stern School of Business alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni American women television journalists 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American women academics 21st-century American academics Angel City FC owners