Diane Harris
Executive Editor
MONEY

Diane Harris was named executive editor at MONEY in 2008, previously serving as assistant managing editor since September of 2004. This is Harris' second stop at MONEY the leading personal finance monthly. Her first stint at MONEY was from 1983-1992 as a writer and a senior editor where she specialized in investing and money management. Harris was responsible for more than 25 cover stories, including a 1987 special report analyzing the impact of that year's stock-market crash on consumer finances. Harris subsequently won a National Magazine Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and a Page One Award from the Newspaper Guild.

Harris was most recently a Contributing Editor at Parenting magazine and AARP the Magazine, and the Editor of Time Inc. Custom Publishing's Homeport Magazine. She has also been a freelance writer and editor specializing in personal finance where her articles have appeared in Individual Investor, Family Money, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping among others. After leaving MONEY in 1992, Harris went to Working Woman Magazine as a senior editor where she directed an expansion of their personal finance coverage. She was responsible for a 16-page special report on women and affirmative action that won a 1996 Exceptional Merit in Media Award (EMMA) from the National Women's Political Caucus, and also won EMMAs in 1994 and 1993 for articles on pregnancy discrimination and the impact of Nannygate in the workplace.

Harris has been a frequent guest on CNN, the Today Show, Good Morning America, and CNBC. A native of New York City, Harris is an alumna of Columbia University's School of Journalism and Vassar College. She lives in Montclair, N.J. with her husband and two children.