Lucy Danziger is editor-in-chief of SELF magazine, a position she has held since 2001. Since Danziger has been at the helm, SELF has won the 2006 National Magazine Award (ASME) for Personal Service and has been nominated for six other National Magazine Awards in the Public Interest, Personal Service and Essay categories.

Previously, Danziger was founding editor of the acclaimed Women’s Sports & Fitness from 1997 to 2000, when it ceased publication.

Prior to joining Condé Nast, she worked as an editor at The New York Times in the style news department. She also worked as a magazine consultant and freelance writer; Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Outside, Condé Nast Traveler, Skiing, Allure, TIME Magazine and USA Today.

Danziger started her magazine career as an associate editor at New York Magazine, then was the founding Managing Editor of the New York based weekly 7 Days, which won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 1990.

Ms. Danziger graduated from Phillips Academy Andover in 1978 and Harvard in 1982.  She lives in Manhattan with her husband and two children.