Joanna Coles

Joanna Coles has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2020. Ms. Coles is a TV producer with a development deal across the Disney platforms and a special advisor to Cornell Capital private equity. She is the former Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines in September 2016, overseeing editorial for Hearst’s 300 titles globally, and served until August 2018. Prior to that she was Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan, a role she started in September 2012. She edited Marie Claire magazine from April 2006 to September 2012. Ms. Coles worked for The Times of London from September 1998 to September 2001 and served as New York Bureau Chief for The Guardian from 1997 to 1998. She is on the board of Women Entrepreneurs New York City, an initiative to encourage female entrepreneurship, with a focus on underserved communities. Ms. Coles currently serves on the board of directors of Snap Inc., an American camera and social media company. She is also on the boards of Density, and Blue Mistral, the holding company for Frederic Fekkai. Ms. Coles holds a B.A. in English and American literature from the University of East Anglia. Ms. Coles was selected to serve as a member of our board of directors due to her extensive brand development and customer experience expertise and leadership.