Frances Hesselbein is the founding president and current chairman of the Board of Governors of the Leader to Leader Institute and editor in chief of its journal Leader to Leader. She served as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. In addition, she has been awarded honorary doctoral degrees from 20 colleges and universities

Marshall Goldsmith?has been recognized by the American Management Association as one of 50 great thinkers who have influenced the field of management and by BusinessWeek as one of the most influential practitioners in the history of leadership development. In addition to The Leader of the Future 2, Dr. Goldsmith is the author or coeditor of 22 books including the best-seller, What Got You Here Won't Get You There.

Established in 1990 as the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, the Leader to Leader Institute furthers its mission—to strengthen the leadership of the social sector—by providing social sector leaders with essential leadership wisdom, inspiration, and resources to lead for innovation and to build vibrant social sector organizations.