Speaker Bio
Alan M. Webber, Founder, Fast Company
Alan Webber is an award-winning, nationally recognized editor, author and columnist. In 1995, he launched Fast Company magazine, a fresh, dynamic entry in the business magazine category. Headquartered in Boston, MA, the magazine became the fastest growing, most successful business magazine in history.
Prior to founding Fast Company, Mr. Webber was for five years the Managing Editor and Editorial Director of the Harvard Business Review. During his tenure, HBR was twice a finalist for National Magazine awards – he oversaw the journal’s visual redesign and created the architecture for the journal’s editorial performance that continues to this day.
Earlier in his career Mr. Webber was also active in the world of alternative newspapers: He worked as an editor at Willamette Week newspaper in Portland, Oregon, overseeing that paper’s commentary, editorial and op-ed section and helped to found The Oregon Times, a political paper headed by a protégé of I.F. Stone. Mr. Webber is the co-author of two business-related books, Changing Alliances, a Harvard Business School study of the competitiveness of the U.S. auto industry and Going Global, a look at the techniques and tactics needed to succeed in the global economy. His articles and columns have appeared in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications.
Alan Webber has also been active at local, state and national political levels, serving as policy advisor for the mayor of Portland, Oregon, writing speeches for several governors and working as special assistant to the United States Secretary of Transportation.
The Social Enterprise Conference 2008 is presented by the Columbia Business School's Social Enterprise Club and the International Development Club with the support of the Social Enterprise Program, Energy Club, Microlumbia Fund, Healthcare Industry Association and Green Business Club, and our generous sponsors. |
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