Allison Collins is executive managing editor at Fairchild Media Group, helping to oversee the WWD newsroom. Allison leads editorial efforts around Women in Power, the annual list that highlights the 50 most powerful women in fashion, beauty and retail. She joined WWD in 2016 as beauty financial editor, covering M&A and the beauty industry for several years. Before WWD, she worked as a business journalist at Mergers & Acquisitions magazine and The Deal, covering M&A and bankruptcy, and before that, worked as a local news correspondent at The Sun Chronicle.