Stephen Goldsmith is the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and director of the Innovations in American Government Program at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and he served two terms as mayor of Indianapolis. He is the coauthor (with William D. Eggers) of Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector.

Donald F. Kettl is the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is also a professor of political science. Among his many books are The Next Government of the United States and The Global Public Management Revolution.