The RESOLVE Team

The RESOLVE team has particular expertise in the application of mediation and other consensus building processes to complex public policy issues in the areas of drinking water, energy, environmental quality, health and biotechnology, land-use and transportation, natural resources, and rivers and watersheds. The characteristics of these issues require competence in the dynamics of multi-party negotiations as well as expertise in working with substantial scientific uncertainty and technical complexity, cultural diversity, values conflicts, and the intricacies of policy making and judicial processes. In addition, RESOLVE team members are skilled in research and evaluation, strategic consultation and capacity building – all of which contribute to meeting our clients’ needs and to building bridges between research and practice.

RESOLVE’s Senior Mediators:

have 10-30 years of experience, usually combining mediation of complex disputes with a background in science, public policy, law or planning;
are highly proficient at dealing with scientific and technical questions;
understand the dynamics of the policy making process;
are knowledgeable about political and cultural differences in a wide variety of settings in the United States and internationally;
subscribe to the ethical standards of the Society of Dispute Resolution Professionals and other professional organizations.

To Contact RESOLVE for New Projects:

Jennifer Peyser, Senior Mediator, jpeyser@resolv.org
Kathy Grant, Senior Mediator, kgrant@resolv.org

Team Members

Management

Steve D’Esposito, President
sdesposito@resolv.org | Bio

Juliana Birkhoff, Vice President of Programs and Practice
jbirkhoff@resolv.org | Bio

Brad Lewis, Chief Financial Officer
blewis@resolv.org | Bio

Advisors

Gail Bingham, President Emeritus
gbingham@resolv.org | Bio

Senior Program Staff

Juliana Birkhoff, Vice President of Programs and Practice
jbirkhoff@resolv.org | Bio

Paul De Morgan, Senior Mediator (Portland, OR and Logan, UT)
pdemorgan@resolv.org | Bio

Abby Dilley, Senior Mediator (Grand Rapids, MI)
adilley@resolv.org | Bio

Kathy Grant, Senior Mediator
kgrant@resolv.org | Bio

Jennifer Peyser, Senior Mediator
jpeyser@resolv.org | Bio

Facilitators and Program Associates

James Damon, Outreach Coordinator (National Wind Coordinating Collaborative)
jdamon@resolv.org | Bio

Lauren Flinn, Program Associate (National Wind Coordinating Collaborative)
lflinn@resolv.org

Dana Goodson, Facilitator
dgoodson@resolv.org

Jason Gershowitz, Project Assistant
jgershowitz@resolv.org

Taylor Kennedy, Program Associate
tkennedy@resolv.org | Bio

Debbie Lee, Program Associate
dlee@resolv.org | Bio

Beth Weaver, Program Associate
bweaver@resolv.org

Affiliates

Abby Arnold, Senior Mediator (National Wind Coordinating Collaborative)
aarnold@resolv.org

Forsyth Kineon, Senior Mediator
fkineon@resolv.org

Administrative Staff

Brad Lewis, Chief Financial Officer
blewis@resolv.org | Bio

Jenny Billet, Office Manager and Contracts Administrator
jbillet@resolv.org | Bio

Kate Zimmer, Project Coordinator
kzimmer@resolv.org