diff --git a/onadata/apps/api/tests/models/test_organization_profile.py b/onadata/apps/api/tests/models/test_organization_profile.py
index 5a1f36fd6e..d2d8e4d7b9 100644
--- a/onadata/apps/api/tests/models/test_organization_profile.py
+++ b/onadata/apps/api/tests/models/test_organization_profile.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from django.test import override_settings
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from onadata.libs.utils.cache_tools import IS_ORG, safe_delete
+from onadata.libs.permissions import OwnerRole
 
 
 class TestOrganizationProfile(TestBase):
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ def test_create_organization_creates_team_and_perms(self):
         self.assertIn(team.group_ptr, self.user.groups.all())
         self.assertTrue(self.user.has_perm('api.is_org_owner'))
 
+        # Assert that the user has the OwnerRole for the Organization
+        self.assertTrue(
+            OwnerRole.user_has_role(self.user, organization_profile))
+
     def test_disallow_same_username_with_different_cases(self):
         tools.create_organization("modilabs", self.user)
         with self.assertRaises(IntegrityError):
diff --git a/onadata/apps/api/tools.py b/onadata/apps/api/tools.py
index 9f2b8cba02..43c26da3a8 100644
--- a/onadata/apps/api/tools.py
+++ b/onadata/apps/api/tools.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def create_organization(name, creator):
     - Team(name='Owners', organization=organization).save()
 
     """
-    organization, _created = User.objects.get_or_create(username__iexact=name)
+    organization, _created = User.objects.get_or_create(username=name)
     organization_profile = OrganizationProfile.objects.create(
         user=organization, creator=creator)
     return organization_profile
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ def get_organization_members(organization):
     return team.user_set.all()
 
 
+def get_organization_owners(organization):
+    """Get owners team user queryset"""
+    team = get_organization_owners_team(organization)
+    return team.user_set.all()
+
+
 def _get_owners(organization):
     # Get users with owners perms and not the org itself
 
diff --git a/onadata/libs/serializers/organization_serializer.py b/onadata/libs/serializers/organization_serializer.py
index 864b07e133..74a7206317 100644
--- a/onadata/libs/serializers/organization_serializer.py
+++ b/onadata/libs/serializers/organization_serializer.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 from onadata.apps.api import tools
 from onadata.apps.api.models import OrganizationProfile
 from onadata.apps.api.tools import (_get_first_last_names,
-                                    get_organization_members)
+                                    get_organization_members,
+                                    get_organization_owners)
 from onadata.apps.main.forms import RegistrationFormUserProfile
 from onadata.libs.permissions import get_role_in_org
 from onadata.libs.serializers.fields.json_field import JsonField
@@ -113,12 +114,24 @@ def get_users(self, obj):  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
         """
         Return organization members.
         """
+        def create_user_list(user_list):
+            return [{
+                'user': u.username,
+                'role': get_role_in_org(u, obj),
+                'first_name': u.first_name,
+                'last_name': u.last_name,
+                'gravatar': u.profile.gravatar
+            } for u in user_list]
+
         members = get_organization_members(obj) if obj else []
+        owners = get_organization_owners(obj) if obj else []
+
+        repeated_users = set(owners) & set(members)
+
+        for user in repeated_users:
+            members.exclude(username=user.username)
+
+        members_list = create_user_list(members)
+        owners_list = create_user_list(owners)
 
-        return [{
-            'user': u.username,
-            'role': get_role_in_org(u, obj),
-            'first_name': u.first_name,
-            'last_name': u.last_name,
-            'gravatar': u.profile.gravatar,
-        } for u in members]
+        return owners_list + members_list