Bios

Roberta Myers

Editor-in-Chief

Roberta Myers was named Editor-in-Chief of ELLE in May of 2000. Since taking the position, Myers has directed ELLE into a new era of success, giving readers the best in fashion coverage, lifestyle stories, and breaking news. 2007 saw the magazine close with 2,498 Publishers Information Bureau pages – the highest in ELLE history. Under Myers’ direction, ELLE was honored in Advertising Age’s "The A List", in recognition of the largest increase in ad pages among its competition and its huge growth in newsstand sales. ELLE was also recently named one of Top 10 Brand Blazers of 2006 by Mediaweek, earning praise for ELLE’s massive brand power and recognition. In May 2006, she supervised ELLE’s first Green Issue, which was printed on recycled paper and offered tips on how to become more environmentally conscious. ELLE recently celebrated its biggest September issue ever with unparalleled fashion content and a newsworthy Lindsay Lohan cover story in which the starlet sounded off on Paris Hilton, her love life, and her desire to travel to Iraq with Hillary Clinton.

Myers came to ELLE from Mirabella where she had been the Editor-in-Chief since April 1998. During her tenure, Mirabella received a National Magazine Award nomination for Essays & Criticism. Prior to joining Mirabella, she was a Senior Articles Editor at ELLE; a Senior Editor at In Style, where she worked on the start-up of the successful Time, Inc. launch; and Editor-in-Chief of Tell, the first ever joint venture between a television network (NBC) and a magazine company. She was the Managing Editor at Seventeen, promoted twice from Articles Editor. She also worked at Interview, for Andy Warhol, and began her career at Rolling Stone. She is currently an officer of the American Society of Magazine Editors, was honored by LIM for her contribution to the Business of Fashion and has received two ASME nominations over her career.

She currently lives in Manhattan with her husband and two children.