Joanna Coles
Author, producer, editor
Joanna Coles is the Executive Producer of ABC Freeform’s The Bold Type. She is the Former Creative Advisor to CBS News, and Former Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines where she oversaw the editorial and brand development for 300 global magazines. She sits on the Board of Directors of Snap, Inc!, Density, Blue Mistrel (Frederic Fekkai’s holding company), and Women Entrepreneurs New York City, an initiative to expand female entrepreneurship, with a focus on underserved women and communities. (1)
The British-born editor moved to the U.S. in 1997 as the New York Bureau Chief for The Guardian, before becoming the New York columnist forThe Times of London. Coles joined Hearst in 2006 as editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, where she co-produced the Style Network’s unscripted show Running in Heels. She was named editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, the world’s largest women’s media brand, in 2012. She was the executive producer of the unscripted series So Cosmo on E! in 2017. (1)
Coles participated in The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards on May 21st, 2018, presenting the American Spirit Award for Though Leadership to Fareed Zakaria.
Twitter: @JoannaColes
(1) Material from the Women’s Global Leadership Summit website.
