Jim Nelson has been editor-in-chief of GQ since March 2003. Nelson joined the magazine as a senior editor in 1997, editing the work of such writers as Andrew Corsello, Elizabeth Gilbert, Charles Bowden, and Michael Paterniti.

Working under then editor-in-chief Art Cooper, he became executive editor in 2002 and was named editor-in-chief when Cooper retired. Under his direction, the magazine has been nominated for sixty-two National Magazine Awards and has won for feature writing, reporting, design, photography, and general excellence, the highest honor in the industry. During his tenure at the magazine, Nelson has worked as both a writer and an editor, and his own writing for GQ was cited in The Best American Sports Writing 2001.

From 1994 to 1997 Nelson was an editor at Harper’s, where he was responsible for the magazine’s Readings section. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Gourmet, and Food & Wine. Prior to his magazine career, Mr. Nelson worked as a writer/producer for CNN in Washington, D.C., and as a writer’s assistant on various sitcoms in Hollywood.

Nelson graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in American Studies.

Kim Kelleher is the chief business officer of GQ, GQ Style, Golf Digest, Golf World, Pitchfork, and the Wired Media Group—comprised of Ars Technica, Backchannel, and WIRED.

Most recently, Kelleher served as chief business officer of Allure, Brides, Glamour, Self, and Teen Vogue. Prior to that,  she was the chief revenue officer of Wired Media Group.

Kelleher’s career in media, marketing, and advertising spans more than 20 years. Before joining the Wired Media Group, she was president of Say Media. Previously, Kelleher was worldwide publisher of Time. During her tenure, she was named Advertising Age’s Publisher of the Year in October 2011. Kelleher also served as vice president and publisher of Sports Illustrated, where she was the first female executive to lead Sports Illustrated advertising sales in the history of the brand. Prior to that, she was vice president and publisher of Self and was inducted into the American Advertising Federation’s Advertising Hall of Achievement, the industry’s premier award for outstanding young advertising professionals.

Kelleher is active in many philanthropic initiatives. She is currently vice chair of the American Advertising Federation and serves on numerous boards including: the Board of Governors of Cancer and Careers, the charitable arm of Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW), New York Women in Communications, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Kelleher is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and lives in New York with her husband and two sons.