Bert Berkley is Chairman of Tension Envelope Corporation, one of the nation's largest envelope manufacturers, and is the founder and immediate past chairman of the Local Investment Commission (LINC). He is currently on the boards of the Institute for Educational Leadership and Centerpoint for Leaders, as well as several state of Missouri and local boards.

Peter Economy is a professional bus-iness writer and author or coauthor of several bestselling books including Managing For Dummies and Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs, both published by Wiley. He is also associate editor of Leader to Leader, the Apex award–winning publication of the Leader to Leader Institute.