Susan Schulz, who also goes by Susan Schulz Wuornos (born October 5, 1971), is an American editor and communications consultant best known for being the editor-in-chief of ''

CosmoGirl ''CosmoGirl'', also stylized as ''CosmoGIRL!'', was an American magazine based in New York City, published from 1999 until 2008. The teenage spin-off of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine, it targeted teenage girls and featured fashion and celebrities. I ...

'' magazine, the teenage spin-off of ''

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'' magazine, from 2003 to 2008.

Early life

Schulz was born in 1971 to Iva and Richard Schulz of

White Plains, New York White Plains is a city in and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, and a commercial hub of Westchester County, a densely populated suburban county that is home to about one milli ...

. In 1993, she earned a bachelor's degree from

Loyola University Maryland Loyola University Maryland is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early (educator), John Early and eight other members of the Society of Je ...

, then called Loyola College, in Baltimore.

Magazine career

Schulz began her magazine career as an editorial assistant at ''

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'' magazine in 1994. In July 2003, Schulz became editor-in-chief of ''CosmoGirl'' after the founding editor,

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, left ''CosmoGirl'' to lead '' Seventeen'' magazine. Before the promotion, Schulz had been the executive editor of ''CosmoGirl.'' In December 2008, Hearst ended the print publication of ''CosmoGirl,'' and Schulz was then moved to a position at the company working on special projects. Schulz at one time had the title editorial brand director of ''

'' and managed such projects as Cosmo Books and a ''Cosmopolitan'' clothing line at

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Writing credits

For the nonfiction book ''Cat Women: Female Writers on Their Feline Friends'' (Seal Press, 2007), Schulz contributed a short essay on her cat dying one week before her wedding.

Other work

From 2021 to 2022, Schulz worked as vice president/marketing director for the nonprofit organization

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. Before that, for five years, she was marketing director for the nonprofit organization

New York Academy of Sciences The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), originally founded as the Lyceum of Natural History in January 1817, is a nonprofit professional society based in New York City, with more than 20,000 members from 100 countries. It is the fourth-oldes ...

. Schulz has served on the board of directors, in the role of secretary, for GlamourGals, a nonprofit organization that pairs teenage volunteers with seniors to provide companionship.

References

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