Alan M. Webber is an award-winning, internationally recognized author, editor, speaker, and consultant, serving as Mayor of Sante Fe, New Mexico since 2018. His career encompasses a variety of accomplishments and achievements in publishing, business, and government including:
- An extended stint as managing editor and editorial director of the Harvard Business Review (from 1987 to 1993), during which time HBR was a two-time finalist for National Magazine Awards;
- Co-founder and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Fast Company magazine (from 1993 to 2003), during which time Fast Company became the fastest growing business magazine in U.S. history; under his leadership Fast Company won two National Magazine Awards, one for general excellence, one for design; Webber and his co-founder William Taylor were named Adweek’s
- Editor of the Year in 1999; and in 2000 Fast Company was sold to Gruner + Jahr for the second largest amount of any magazine in U.S. history;
- Author of “Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self,” published by Harper Collins in 2009 and since translated into seven languages; co-author of “Life Reimagined: Discovering Your New Life Possibilities,” published by BK in conjunction with AARP;
- Columnist and commentator whose work has appeared in such publications as The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times Sunday magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The Los Angeles Times, among others;
- Candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Mexico in 2014, finishing second in a field of five;
- Webber also worked in government and politics, serving as an administrative assistant to the Mayor of Portland, Oregon in the 1970s and as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Transportation in the last two years of the Carter Administration (from 1978-1980);
- Other activities include acting as chairman for four years of the Waldzell Conference at the Abbey at Melk in Austria; serving on the boards of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship, the Dorobo Fund in Tanzania, and the international advisory board of The Impact Hub. He received an honorary degree from the Boston Architectural College; and he has spoken at and participated in events from the Do Lectures in Wales to Better By Design in New Zealand.
- Webber lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Frances Diemoz, an architect and woodworker; they have two children, Adam and Amanda