Lara Spencer is a six-time Emmy® Award-winning anchor and host,
currently on “Good Morning America.” She is also the creator and
host of HGTV’s Emmy Award-winning “Flea Market Flip” and the
creator, executive producer and host of “Everything But the House”
on HGTV.

Spencer joined ABC News in 1995 as a reporter for ABC’s flagship
owned television station, WABC-TV. While there, she led coverage of
national stories, including the crash of TWA flight 800 and the death
of Princess Diana. Spencer joined the network and America’s
most-watched morning show, “Good Morning America,” in 1999, first
as a correspondent while still reporting for WABC-TV and then
full-time for ABC News in 2001 as a national correspondent.

Spencer was named anchor of the new CBS syndicated show “The
Insider” in 2006. Her work there helped make “The Insider” the
No. 1 syndicated entertainment show in its time slot for seven years
until she returned to “Good Morning America” in 2011.

Spencer’s first job as a reporter was at WDEF-TV in Chattanooga,
Tennessee, and she also worked at News 12 Long Island prior to joining
ABC News.

In addition to her work on “GMA” every morning, Spencer has
written two New York Times bestselling books: “I Break for Yard
Sales” and “Flea Market Fabulous.”

She is a passionate advocate for pet adoption — with three rescue
dogs of her own — and works as an ambassador for North Shore Animal
League America, the world’s largest no-kill shelter. She is
currently on the advisory board of the Hospital for Special Surgery
and a supporter of The Brain Cancer Center at Lenox Hill Hospital in
New York.

Spencer graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Arts
in journalism. While there, she was captain of Penn State’s Division
I swimming and diving team and was named an All-American Springboard
Diver.
