"First, Who?" Get the right people on the bus before figuring out where to drive it.

Author and management educator Jim Collins shared his belief in the central role of "First, Who?" with participants at the first Gathering in 2005. What's the Gathering's "First, Who"? A community, working from different sectors and perspectives, but connected by a common purpose—to scale high-impact social innovations and transform our country's approach to our most persistent social problems.

Clockwise from top left: Participants at the 2008 Gathering; Tom Sheridan at the 2007 Gathering; 2006 Gathering participants at Mohonk Mountain House