Eileen McClelland is managing editor for INSTORE, the magazine for North American jewelry store owners. Primary responsibilities include managing the America’s Coolest Stores Contest and writing cover stories, cool store articles, and other content, for which she’s won numerous awards, including a prestigious Neal Award for the cover story, “New Rules of Marketing.” 

Eileen graduated from the Honors College of Kent State University in Ohio with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Prior to her 2007 arrival at INSTORE, she was a copy editor and arts and entertainment writer for the Houston Chronicle in Houston, TX, and features editor for the Naples Daily News in Naples, FL. Eileen lives in New Orleans.