• February 10, 2009

Erika Lenkert joins Kaboodle, an online social shopping community, as vice president of content.

She will focus on editorial strategy for the Sunnvyale, Calif.-based company, including launching five new editorial channels or "Kaboodle Kits" which are intended to deepen the site's reach by delivering more original editorial in the areas of beauty, fashion, home, gadget and community.

Lenkert was founding executive editor of Glam.com, a flagship of Glam Media. During her four years at Glam.com, she held numerous roles including hiring, developing and managing the editorial department as founding editor and launching the living and luxury channels as editorial director.

Over the past 15 years, Lenkert has been a frequent contributor to InStyle, Everyday with Rachael Ray, Food & Wine, San Francisco magazine, Four Seasons magazine, Los Angeles magazine, and dozens of other national publications. She has also written for various online destinations, including iVillage.com and Epicurious.com.--Tanya Irwin