Meridian Institute is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1997 with offices in Dillon, Colorado and Washington, DC. The primary objective of the organization is to help people involved in society's toughest issues solve problems and make informed decisions. Meridian Institute conducts multi-party collaborative process design and problem solving, mediation and facilitation of a variety of groups, alternative dispute resolution processes, and meeting planning and execution. The organization facilitates processes that range from local, site-specific dispute resolutions to national policy dialogues to international negotiations. Meridian Institute works regularly with federal, state, local, and tribal government officials, business leaders, scientists and technical experts, foundation executives, representatives of nongovernmental organizations, and other important stakeholders. Its projects focus primarily on the following topic areas: agriculture and food security, climate change and energy, environment and natural resources, global stability and security, health, sustainability and resilience, and science and technology.

For background on Meridian Institute projects please see the Meridian website.

Meridian Institute's board of directors is chaired by William Ruckelshaus

William Ruckelshaus

William Doyle Ruckelshaus is an American attorney and, several times, U.S. government official. He served as the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, was subsequently acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and then Deputy Attorney General of the United States...

 and members include Frances Beinecke

Frances Beinecke

Frances Beinecke is the current President of the Natural Resources Defense Council, the nonprofit conservation group, serving since 2006.She was appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling...

, C.M. (Tini) Hooymans, Leena Srivastava, and Jeff Sterba.