Small-Mart.org is written and overseen by Michael Shuman and Alissa Barron.

MICHAEL SHUMAN is vice president for Enterprise Development for Training & Development Corporation (TDC). An economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, Shuman has authored, coauthored, or edited seven books, including The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition (Berrett-Koehler, 2006) and Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in the Global Age (Free Press, 1998). Shuman is helping to lead development of TDC’s Worksphere Program, a national effort to support worker well-being through a variety of programs promoting “sustainable employability” and “global community capitalism.” He received an A.B. with distinction in economics and international relations from Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Shuman has given an average of more than one invited talk per week for 25 years throughout the United States and the world.

ALISSA BARRON, a research and communications associate with Training & Development Corporation (TDC), is the managing editor of Small-Mart.org and The Small-Mart Chronicle. A social scientist and communicator, Alissa specializes in environmental management and policy, strategic communications, social marketing, community development and capacity-building training. Prior to joining TDC, Barron served as the global chair of the International Year of the Reef, the national communication and outreach coordinator for the Coral Reef Conservation Program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Assistant Director for the Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring at Dickinson College, also holding positions at Brown University and the non-profit SeaWeb, among others. She received an A.B. with honors in Environmental Studies and Development Studies from Brown University. Barron has designed and delivered over 100 talks and training workshops, and has written or edited over 100 published articles, reports and news pieces. She is fluent in Spanish and has lived and worked abroad.