Margaret Angèle Russell is the former vice president, editor-in-chief of brand content of the shelter magazine Elle Decor

Elle Decor

Elle Decor is a magazine published by Hearst Magazines, who bought Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. in 2011, that focuses on home decor.-Featured designers:...

, a position she held since July 2000.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/business/media/06mag.html?src=busln On 5 August 2010 Thomas J. Wallace, editorial director of Condé Nast, announced Russell's selection to be editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest is an American monthly magazine. Its principal subject is interior design, not — as the name of the magazine might suggest — architecture more generally. The magazine is published by Condé Nast Publications and was founded in 1920, by the Knapp family, who sold it in 1993...

, effective 7 September 2010. She succeeds Paige Rense Noland in that position.http://www.observer.com/2010/media/margaret-russell-named-editor-new-york-bound-architectural-digest

Russell is a graduate of Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

 and served as one of the design judges on the Bravo reality television show Top Design

Top Design

Top Design is an American reality television series. Interior designers compete to win cash and receive a spot in New York's Designer showcases....

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Sources

• "New Editor of the Stylish at Condé Nast"
• "Margaret Russell Named Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Digest"
• Bravo.com profile on Margaret Russell