Alisa Gumbs is the managing editor of BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine. She’s a vital member of the editorial management team and plays a critical role in the planning, execution, and closing process of the magazine. She is responsible for the timely production of each issue, including developing story ideas, issue outlines, and editorial schedules; working with section editors to meet feature and department deadlines; collaborating with editors, typesetters, designers, and the copy staff to traffic articles through the production process; overseeing editorial assistants and interns; and managing the content board, which creates content across the company's various media platforms.
Gumbs joined BLACK ENTERPRISE in August 2003 as a copy editor and later spent a year as the copy chief before being promoted to managing editor in 2007. Earlier in her career, she was a senior copy editor and regional feature correspondent at PR Newswire, editing breaking business announcements for dissemination to the media. She also counseled clients on the development of feature news releases.
Throughout her tenure at BLACK ENTERPRISE, Gumbs has researched, reported, and written for the magazine, including writing the September 2006 cover story, Models Inc., about the business pursuits of former models such as Tyra Banks and Iman. She has also been published in The Village Voice.
Gumbs is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
