Karim Harji coordinated this series. Currently a consultant with Aperio, a social innovation and management consulting firm based in Toronto, he previously served as Social Finance Program Officer at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation and as a Researcher on blended value and program evaluation with the Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program (CEDTAP), based at the Centre. Mr. Harji advises the Canadian Social Entrepreneurship Foundation on social impact and metrics, and is a member of the Emerging Leaders Committee of the Canadian CED Network. He has also worked on human rights policy at the Canadian International Development Agency, in microfinance in Pakistan and in community health in Kenya. Mr. Harji holds an MA in public policy from Carleton University.

Alison Colwell is a corporate communications consultant with the World Bank, and also serves as a consultant on the Organization of American States' corporate social responsibility project in the Caribbean. Between 2005 and 2007, she worked as a Researcher on corporate sector engagement for CEDTAP, when she researched several of the papers published in this series. Ms. Colwell has worked extensively in Chile on CSR research projects, and has carried out assignments for the International Development Research Centre, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the United Nations Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean, the American Red Cross and two multinational corporations. Ms. Colwell graduated in 2007 with an MA from Carleton University's School of Public Policy and Administration.

Edward Jackson is Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Affairs) in the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University. He also serves as Chair of the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, and was a co-founder of CEDTAP. Over the past 15 years, in addition to working closely with governments, unions, foundations and civil society, he has played a key role in major partnerships with Bell Canada, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada, Power Corporation, and Rio Tinto Alcan.