The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism has named former Huffington Post senior editor and “Good Morning America/Sunday” co-anchor Willow Bay Named dean.

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Bay’s appointment is effective July 1. She becomes the first female to hold the position.

Bay was formerly director of USC Annenberg’s journalism school, a title she held since early 2014. Prior to that, she was a senior strategic advisor of The Huffington Post and a special correspondent and host for Bloomberg TV. For four years she was co-anchor of ABC’s “Good “Morning America Sunday,” and was also previously a correspondent for NBC’s "Today Show” and ABC’s “World News Saturday” and “World News Sunday.” She also hosted several programs for CNN, including “CNN & Entertainment Weekly” and “CNN & Fortune,” as well as flagship financial news program, “Moneyline.”

From 1991 to 1998, she was co-host of NBC’s “NBA Inside Stuff.”