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Kim Kelleher is President and Chief Commercial Officer for AMC Networks, responsible for all commercial revenue across the company\u2019s advertising sales and distribution organizations.<\/p>\n

Kelleher\u2019s career in media, marketing and advertising spans two decades. Prior to joining AMC Networks she was the chief business officer of GQ, GQ Style, Golf Digest, Golf World, Pitchfork, and Wired Media Group, which includes Wired and Ars Technica.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, she was chief business officer of Allure, Brides, Glamour, Self, and Teen Vogue and the chief revenue officer of Wired Media Group.<\/p>\n

Before joining Wired Media Group, she was president of Say Media, where she oversaw the company\u2019s business strategy including global sales, marketing, production, communications, media solutions, and content operations.<\/p>\n

Prior to Say Media, Kelleher served as worldwide publisher of\u00a0Time. During her tenure she was named Advertising Age\u2019s Publisher of the Year in 2011.\u00a0 Before that, she was vice president, publisher of Sports Illustrated, where she was the first female executive to lead Sports Illustrated advertising sales in the history of the brand.<\/p>\n

Previously, Kelleher spent\u00a0six\u00a0years at Self where she was named Cond\u00e9 Nast\u2019s Publisher of the Year\u00a0in 2008.\u00a0 She also served as vice president and publisher of Cond\u00e9 Nast\u2019s Golf for Women, which was named to\u00a0AdWeek\u2019s Hot List in 2005. Additionally, she has represented Mademoiselle, Elle, Elle D\u00e9cor, Mirabella, Teen, and others.<\/p>\n

Kelleher is a 2007 inductee into the American Advertising Federation\u2019s Advertising Hall of Achievement, the industry\u2019s premier award for outstanding advertising professionals. She has been featured in Advertising Age\u2019s \u201c40 Under Forty\u201d and \u201cMedia Mavens,\u201d as well as Folio\u2019s \u201cIndustry Influencers.\u201d\u00a0In 2018 Kelleher received the prestigious Matrix Awards from New York Women in Communications and was inducted into the Hall of Mentorship for the IRTS Foundation.<\/p>\n

In addition to her professional success, Kelleher has been involved with numerous philanthropic initiatives. Currently, she is immediate past-chair of the American Advertising Federation and serves on several boards including: the Board of Governors of Cancer and Careers; the charitable arm of Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW); Past-President of New York Women in Communications; and is an active member of the Board of the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications.<\/p>\n

Kelleher is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and resides in New York with her husband and two sons.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2132,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2131","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKim Kelleher - AESC Global Summit on Leadership<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/events.aesc.org\/summit-americas\/blog\/speaker\/kim-kelleher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kim Kelleher - AESC Global Summit on Leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/events.aesc.org\/summit-americas\/blog\/speaker\/kim-kelleher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AESC Global Summit on Leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-08T13:23:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/events.aesc.org\/summit-americas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/KimKelleher_Headshot.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/events.aesc.org\\\/summit-americas\\\/blog\\\/speaker\\\/kim-kelleher\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/events.aesc.org\\\/summit-americas\\\/blog\\\/speaker\\\/kim-kelleher\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kim Kelleher - 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