As Director of Special Projects from 2001 to 2008, she created special issues and new entrepreneurial projects, among them “Health for Life” — a quarterly series with Harvard Medical School—and “Leadership for the 21st Century,” which included the magazine’s signature Women and Leadership issues and conferences, featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Today Show.
In 2004 and 2008 Gelber edited Newsweek’s Special Presidential Election project, a behind-the-scenes account of the election campaigns. Both were published as books by PublicAffairs, and the 2004 election project won a National Magazine Award for single topic issue.
In 2009, Gelber was Books Editor of The Daily Beast, launching the site’s section of book reviews and excerpts, author interviews, and video and photo galleries. She is currently an editorial consultant based in New York and Washington, D.C., and is teaching in the graduate program at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.
Gelber is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she serves as Chair of the school’s Alumni Board.