Anne Fulenwider

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]

As editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, Fulenwider oversaw all content for its print magazine, website, tablet editions and brand extensions.[2] She was 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]

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]

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]

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

At Marie Claire, Fulenwider was named Media Industry Newsletter 's "Editor of the Year" in 2013; 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; 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]