About SmartBlogs

SmartBlogs.com is where SmartBrief readers exchange ideas and practices. We publish original content for several business verticals: executive leadership and management, social media marketing, education, food and beverage, and finance. SmartBlogs is produced by the same folks who bring you your favorite SmartBrief newsletters.

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Megan Conniff – Director of Editorial Content
Megan Conniff is the director of content at SmartBrief. Over the past seven years at SmartBrief, she’s edited email newsletters and blogged about the the retail, CPG, foodservice and health care industries.

James daSilva – Senior Editor
James daSilva is a senior editor at SmartBrief and manages SmartBlog on Leadership. He edits SmartBrief newsletters on leadership, sustainability and the chemical industry, among others. Before joining SmartBrief, he was copy desk chief at a daily newspaper in New York. You can find him on Twitter discussing all business matters sustainable and green @SB_GreenBiz, as well as leadership and management issues @SBLeaders.

Melissa Greenwood — Senior Editor: Melissa Greenwood is SmartBrief’s senior education editor, with responsibility for the content in a variety of SmartBrief’s education e-news briefs. She also manages content for SmartBlog on Education and related social media channels. Prior to joining SmartBrief, Melissa held a variety of positions in the education field, including classroom teacher and education editor and writer.

Sean McMahon – Senior Editor
Sean McMahon edits SmartBrief newsletters on global financial markets and consumer banking.

Tricia Smith – Editor
Tricia Smith is an associate editor at SmartBrief. She edits food, retail and CPG briefs and contributes to SmartBlog on Food & Beverage. A former intern and writer at SmartBrief, she graduated from the Philip Merrill School of Journalism at the University of Maryland in College Park.

Jesse Stanchak – Editor
Jesse Stanchak writes and edits SmartBrief newsletters on leadership, entrepreneurship, social media and other topics. Before joining SmartBrief, he worked as a Web producer at Congressional Quarterly. His work has also appeared at Slate.com, MSN.com, the Washington City Paper and other publications. He discusses social media for SmartBrief @sbosm.