Meridian builds understanding, guides collaboration, and drives action to address our world’s complex challenges.
We help our clients and partners develop and implement solutions to complicated, often controversial problems—big and small, global and local. Together, we navigate the questions, context, and implications surrounding the challenges ahead.
Our approach brings together three elements: our deep understanding of the issues at hand; our dedicated, expert team; and our ability to support constructive discussions, decisions, and actions that shape the world for the better.
Our Focus Areas
Our Professionals
Laurie Ristino
Program Director and General Counsel
Laura Windecker
Senior Mediator and Program Manager
Deborah Atwood
Senior Fellow
Candace Spencer
Mediator and Program Manager
Vanessa Kulick Price
Senior Mediator and Program Manager
Our Professionals
John Ehrmann
Senior Fellow
Sarah Douglis
Affiliate
Tim Mealey
Senior Fellow
Todd Barker
Chief Executive Officer
Katrina Gehman
Mediator and Program Associate
Our Professionals
Connie Lewis
Senior Fellow
Mark X. Jacobs
Senior Mediator and Program Director
Vanessa Kulick Price
Senior Mediator and Program Manager
Todd Barker
Chief Executive Officer
Molly Mayo
Senior Partner
Our Professionals
Marielena Octavio
Affiliate
Tim Mealey
Senior Fellow
Michael Lesnick
Senior Fellow
John Ehrmann
Senior Fellow
Connie Lewis
Senior Fellow
Our Professionals
Connie Lewis
Senior Fellow
John Ehrmann
Senior Fellow
Jennifer Pratt Miles
Partner and Practice Director
Jessica Loman
Affiliate
Our Professionals
Marielena Octavio
Affiliate
Molly Mayo
Senior Partner
Heather Lair
Partner
Meghan Massaua
Senior Mediator and Program Manager
Rich Innes
Senior Fellow
Our Professionals
Heather Lair
Partner
Warren Edwards
Senior Fellow
Meghan Massaua
Senior Mediator and Program Manager
Brad Spangler
Senior Mediator and Program Director
Michael Lesnick
Senior Fellow
Our Professionals
Jennifer Pratt Miles
Partner and Practice Director
Todd Barker
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Lesnick
Senior Fellow
Heather Lair
Partner
Our Professionals
Robyn Paulekas
Senior Mediator and Program Manager
Molly Mayo
Senior Partner
Meghan Massaua
Senior Mediator and Program Manager
Brad Spangler
Senior Mediator and Program Director
Marielena Octavio
Affiliate
I have proudly been associated with Meridian and its founders for over 30 years. Having seen the good and the bad of American politics firsthand, I commend Meridian for staying above the fray, doing the hard work of forging practical, bipartisan solutions to the problems we face.
Former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Founding Chair of the Meridian Institute Board of Directors