Overview
Sarah Kate Ellis serves as President & Chief Executive Officer at GLAAD [1][3]. Ellis brings three decades of experience in media strategy and marketing innovation across legacy brands and social impact enterprises [2]. Prior to joining GLAAD in 2014 [3], Ellis held positions at Time Inc., including Vice President of Marketing for the Time Inc. Lifestyle Group and Real Simple [4][5], and earlier served as Marketing Director at Real Simple [6]. Ellis also worked at Condé Nast as Creative Services Director at Vogue [7], and held roles at InStyle and New York Magazine [9][10]. Ellis earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Russell Sage College [12] and completed Executive Leadership and Business training at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth [11].
Profile introduction
Sarah Kate is a transformational CEO and consumer brand executive known for leading companies from crisis to category leadership. With three decades of experience revitalizing legacy brands, launching market disruptors, and scaling social impact enterprises, she is a master of media strategy and marketing innovation, equally fluent in the boardroom and the cultural zeitgeist. Currently, she serves as President & CEO of GLAAD, where she increased revenue 7-fold, expanded the organization globally, and transformed it into a 21st-century media powerhouse and cultural authority. Under her leaders…
Career history
- President & Chief Executive Officer2014 to presentGLAAD
- Vice President, Marketing, Time Inc. Lifestyle Group – Launch2009 to 2013Time Inc.
- Vice President, Marketing, Real Simple2009 to 2013Time Inc.
- Marketing Director, Real Simple2007 to 2009Time Inc.
- Creative Services Director, Vogue2006 to 2007Condé Nast
- Associate Marketing Director, Real Simple – Relaunch Team2001 to 2006Time Inc.
- Merchandising Director, InStyle2000 to 2001Time Inc.
- Merchandising Manager, New York Magazine1999 to 2000PRIMEDIA
Education
- Executive Leadership, Business2012 - 2012The Tuck School of Businessat Dartmouth
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Sociology1989 - 1993Russell Sage College
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