psychiatry and the psychology of weight control. He is the
author of Transformations: Growth and Change in Adult Life
(Simon & Schuster, 1978) and Shrink Yourself (John Wiley &
Sons, 2007).Frances Hesselbein
A native of Pennsylvania, Hesselbein was the first Girl Scout
chief executive to come up through the ranks. Starting as a
volunteer scout leader, she became CEO of the Girl Scouts of
the United States of America in 1976 and served in that capac-
ity until 1990. Her leadership of the Girl Scouts earned her
Fortunemagazine’s recognition as “best nonprofit manager in
America.” She is a winner of the nation’s highest civilian
honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and founding pres-
ident of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Man-
agement, now the Leader to Leader Institute. Her books
include the 2002 best-seller, Hesselbein on Leadership, and Be,
Know, Do: Leadership the Army Way.Shirley Hufstedler
Born in 1925 in Denver, Colorado, Hufstedler earned her law
degree at Stanford University and established a private prac-
tice in Los Angeles in 1950. She was appointed a judge of the
Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1961 and in 1966,
associate justice of the California Court of Appeal. In 1968,
she was named to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
District by President Johnson, and in 1979 was appointed
secretary of education by President Carter. Since leaving that
post in 1981, she has taught and practiced law, most recently
as senior counselor at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster in
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