Editor in Chief—Leader's Edge

Sandy Laycox is Editor in Chief of Leader’s Edge Magazine. Before joining The Council, she served as senior writer/editor for America’s Essential Hospitals, where she co-launched an award-winning digital magazine and wrote a history of the association. Prior roles include producing corporate histories for The History Factory and editing best practice case studies in corporate performance at the Corporate Executive board. Laycox earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Nonfiction writing from the University of New Orleans.


First job: Usher at a minor league ballpark. I wiped off people’s seats for very minor league tips

Recipe I would like to try: Soufflé. Seems like it would be really hard but exciting if it worked

Currently reading: James Michener’s Hawaii (she says she’ll be done with it in two years)

Book I’ve been wanting to read: Life of Pi – it’s one of those I feel like I should have read