As Director of Education & Industry Innovation of The Knot, Anja Winikka combines her audience development and editing skills with her weddings expertise to bring wedding trends and insights to millions of creative wedding professionals.

Anja is also a sought-after TV personality serving as a popular source for wedding trends, planning tips and advice for the Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC 20/20, CNN Headline News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and local news segments.

Anja previously oversaw TheKnot.com content strategy along with the digital editorial and social media teams. Her team launched The Knot News blog and grew it to 7 million monthly unique visitors, doubling The Knot social audience.

She and her husband Ben recently moved from Brooklyn to Kansas City with their sweet daughter Ada and their dog and cat, Charlie and Bella.