Frances Hesselbein is the former 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 is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, and has been awarded doctorates from twenty college universities.

Alan Shrader is managing editor of Leader to Leader. He has more than twenty-five years of experience in publishing as an editor, writer, and director of marketing.

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.