Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant Biography

Leslie Crutchfield, co-author of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

Leslie Crutchfield is a managing director of the Ashoka Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship, a philanthropic advisor, and a consultant to leading nonprofits. She co-authored the bestselling book, FORCES FOR GOOD: THE SIX PRACTICES OF HIGH-IMPACT NONPROFITS (Wiley) with Heather McLeod Grant, recognized as one of the “Best Books of 2007” by The Economist. Ashoka is the world’s oldest and largest organization supporting social entrepreneurs; its Global Academy program features the “global greats” of social entrepreneurship such as Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank. In the 1990s, Leslie co-founded and ran Who Cares: The Tool Kit for Social Change, a national magazine for young activists (circulation 50,000). Leslie is a frequent public speaker and university lecturer, and has been featured as one of America’s top leaders under 40 by Newsweek. She volunteered with Crossroads Africa in the Gambia, and serves on the board of the SEED Foundation. She holds an MBA and an AB from Harvard University, and resides in the Washington, D.C. area with her family.

Heather McLeod Grant, co-author of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High Impact Nonprofits

Heather McLeod Grant is a published author, speaker, advisor and consultant to high-impact organizations. She is the co-author of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, which was named a Top Ten Book of 2007 by the Economist. Additionally, she serves as an advisor to the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and to leading nonprofits and foundations. She is a former McKinsey & Company consultant and a co-founder of Who Cares, a national magazine for young social entrepreneurs published from 1993-1999. Heather has more than fifteen years of experience in the social sector, and consults with leading philanthropic and nonprofit institutions. She teaches at Stanford, and speaks and presents widely at industry conferences on Forces for Good, social entrepreneurship, nonprofit leadership, and strategic philanthropy. She has been published in the New York Times, Inc., the American Prospect, and Alliance, and has appeared on CNN and NPR. Heather serves on the Advisory Boards of the Stanford Social Innovation Review and the National Civic League. She holds an MBA from Stanford University and an AB from Harvard University, and resides in the Bay Area with her husband and daughter. hmgrant@forcesforgood.net