Heather McLeod Grant

Heather McLeod Grant is a published author, professional speaker, advisor and consultant to high-impact organizations and 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, as well as leading nonprofits and foundations.

A former McKinsey & Company consultant and a co-founder of Who Cares, a national magazine for young social entrepreneurs, she has more than fifteen years of experience in the social sector, and consults with leading philanthropic and nonprofit institutions.

Grant 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, the American Prospect, and Alliance, and has appeared on CNN and NPR. She serves on the Advisory Boards of the Stanford Social Innovation Review and the National Civic League.