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Biography
Keija Minor is editor-in-chief of Brides, a Condé Nast magazine and the world's largest weddings publication. Appointed in 2012, Minor was the first African-American to hold the editor-in-chief title in Condé Nast's then-103-year history.
Early life
Minor grew up in Harvard, Massachusetts, and attended the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, then Howard University Law School.
Career
Minor practiced corporate law for four years before moving to magazines, first joining Travel Savvy where she eventually became editor-in-chief. She also worked for Los Angeles Confidential, then as editor-in-chief of Gotham from 2005 to 2007 and Uptown (2008 to 2011) before joining Condé Nast. Minor became executive editor of Brides in 2011, then acting editor-in-chief when previous editor-in-chief Anna Fulenwider moved to Marie Claire; the promotion became permanent in November 2012.
At Brides, Minor has overseen the expansion of the publication into commercial endeavors, including making editors from the magazine available for hire as private consultants to individual brides.
In 2013, The Grio named Minor to its Grio 100 list, citing her "breaking Conde Nast's color barrier at Brides."