Chanda A. Bell

Chanda has a wealth of experience working with children and has studied the writing process in depth.

After obtaining a BSED degree in middle grades education from UWG in 1996, she became a remedial reading teacher and was commissioned to design a remedial reading curriculum for her school. As her career advanced, Chanda taught upper-level reading and writing classes and received a nomination for Teacher of the Year. After having her first child, Chanda left the teaching profession to stay at home and “enjoy being a mother.” While home, she began co-writing The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition with her mother, Carol Aebersold. In 2005, she co-founded CCA and B, LLC, Creatively Classic Activities and Books. The self-published title has since been named to multiple best-seller lists including USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. Chanda has become a true entrepreneurial success story. Today she serves as Co-CEO and director of new product development for the company. In this role, she oversees the concepting of new products, web design, product design, and manufacturing.

In 2010 Chanda was named Georgia’s Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration, an honor she shares with her mom and sister, Christa A. Pitts. She is very active in her community and is a highly sought after public speaker. She has also served as a judge for the annual Association of Christina Schools International Writing Competition. While at UWG, Chanda was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority.

Chanda is married to Murray Bell, a 1997 alumnus of UWG. They have two children, Taylor and Kendyl, and live in an Atlanta suburb.