Anne Fulenwider

Anne Fulenwider (born March 30 1972 in Manhattan, New York) is the editor-in-chief of Marie Claire magazine. She has been the editor-in-chief since 2012.[1] Prior to that she was the editor-in-chief for Brides. At Marie Claire, Fulenwider has been responsible for introducing the Image Makers Awards (awards to honor Hollywood artists), Fresh Faces (a spotlight feature), and The Power Trip (a women's conference bringing together powerful women from both the west and east coasts of the US).

Anne Fulenwider
Born (1972-03-30) March 30, 1972
Manhattan, New York
OccupationEditor-in-chief of Marie Claire magazine

Fulenwider appears frequently as a judge on the Emmy-winning TV show Project Runway and as a mentor on Project Runway All Stars. She is an advisor to numerous councils such as the New York State Council on Women.

Early life and career

Fulenwider became interested in editing when she served as the editor of her high school newspaper. She studied English and American Literature at Harvard University. She wrote a few articles for The Harvard Crimson,[2] but ended up at the literary magazine there. [3] After graduating magna cum laude with a B.A. in English and American Literature from Harvard in 1995,[2][4] Fulenwider began an internship at David Lauren's startup Swing magazine, a magazine aimed at people in their 20s, which launched her career in journalism.[3]

Fulenwider worked as an assistant for George Plimpton at The Paris Review,[5][3] and aided him as a researcher for his biography on Truman Capote.[6] As a senior editor for Vanity Fair she edited best-selling authors such as Dominick Dunne, Buzz Bissinger, and Fran Lebowitz.[7][6] From September 2009 she was executive editor for Marie Claire under Joanna Coles,[5] before being appointed the editor-in-chief of Brides in October 2011. At Brides Fulenwider gradually moved the focus of the magazine from strictly being about weddings to include more content about sex, travel and finance.[8][9] Fulenwider resigned at Brides in May 2012 before starting her position as editor-in-chief of Marie Claire in September 2012.[10][8]

Marie Claire

As editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, Fulenwider oversees all content for its print magazine, website, tablet editions and brand extensions.[2] She has been responsible for introducing initiatives such as the Fresh Faces, Image Makers Awards, The Power Trip and the magazine's first sustainability issue.[11] The Fresh Faces is the magazine's spotlight on up-and-coming talents today,[5] and has had its own annual party in Los Angeles since 2013.[12] The Image Maker's Awards have been held annually in Hollywood since January 2015 and honor the makeup artists, hair and fashion stylists working in the film industry.[13] The Power Trip is a women’s conference, bringing together "100 power women from the East Coast to meet 100 power women on the West coast for a 36-hour bi-coastal celebration that begins in the sky".[5][14]

At Marie Claire, Fulenwider was named Media Industry Newsletter 's "Editor of the Year" in 2013 and Folio: Magazine 's "Editor of the Year" in 2015 and "Women in Media Industry Leader" in 2016.[2][5] With the magazine she has earned several American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) nominations, including General Excellence in 2017 and Cover of the Year in 2018, and in 2017 she was awarded Hearst's Innovation of the Year Award for launching The Power Trip.[6]

On December 9, 2019, the New York Times reported that Anne Fulenwider would be leaving her post at the end of the year to build a start-up dedicated to women’s health.[15]

Other work

Fulenwider appears frequently as a judge on the TV show Project Runway and as a mentor on Project Runway All Stars. She is an advisor to the UN Foundation’s Girl Up,[4] an advisor to the ANNpower Vital Voices Advisory Council since 2013, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's ITVS Women & Girls Leadership Council since 2014, and All in Together, Women Leading Change.[5] Since 2017 has been on the New York State Council on Women. She has spoken at numerous events, including the World Government Summit,[4] the Student Career Conference,[16] LIM College,[17] and many others. She has been an interviewer for South by Southwest (SXSW),[18] has been a host of panels at Internet Week New York,[19] and Create and Cultivate in New York (in May 2019).[20] She has also appeared as a guest on programmes such as NBC's Today show.[21]

Personal life

Fulenwider resides in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, who is a branding/media strategist, and their two children.[22]

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References
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  2. "June 2016 Anne Fulenwider AB '95". Harvardwood. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. "How Anne Fulenwider Went from an English Lit Major to 'Marie Claire' Editor-in-Chief". Fashionista. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. "Anne Fulenwider". World Government Summit. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  5. "Women in Business Q&A: Anne Fulenwider, Editor in Chief, Marie Claire & Nancy Berger, VP & Publisher". Huffington Post. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  6. "Anne Fulenwider". Futureoffashionsummit.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  7. "Marie Claire's Moment in Culture: Editor-in-Chief Anne Fulenwider Explains". Fusion.tv. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  8. "Anne Fulenwider Named Editor in Chief of 'Marie Claire'". adweek.com. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  9. "A Marriage Plot at Conde Nast". Observer. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  10. "Brides' Anne Fulenwider on the Nuances of the Bridal Market". WWD. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  11. "'I actually said no the first time:' Why Marie Claire's editor-in-chief almost turned down the job". ABC News. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  12. "All the Best Looks from Marie Claire's Fresh Faces Party". Marie Claire. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  13. "Marie Claire Announces Third Annual Image Makers Award Recipients". Hollywood Reporter. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  14. "Networking at 35,000 Feet". The New York Times. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  15. Marikar, Sheila (2019-12-09). "Marie Claire Editor Departing for Health Start-Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  16. "2014 Student Career Conference: Keynote Speaker, Anne Fulenwider, Editor-in-Chief, Marie Claire". New York Women in Communications, Youtube. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  17. "The Lexington Line". LIM College. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  18. "VEEP Speaks Guess which politico Julia Louis-Dreyfus calls "most sponge-worthy"". Austin Chronicle. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  19. "Broad City stars: 'Comparing us to Girls is reductive'". The Guardian. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  20. "Create & Cultivate New York presented by Mastercard". Zimbio. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  21. "Are Girlfriends the New Husbands". Today. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  22. "How I Get It Done: Anne Fulenwider, Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire". The Cut. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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