BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ROBERT J. WATSON
Resolution Institute Founder
Robert Watson is the founder and executive director of The Resolution Institute. As the CEO of Resolution Inc, a private organizational development consulting firm, he brings 47 years of expertise in change management and collaboration skills training to the non-profit Resolution Institute. His interest in creating positive organizational change goes back to 1974 when he was assigned as a human relations officer in the U.S. Coast Guard where he led gender and racial discrimination awareness seminars and worked with Stanford University to train leadership programs based on principles that ensure long-lasting behavioral change. Since founding Resolution Inc in 1983, Rob has consistently applied the Stanford principles to the development of the “Resolution Process,” helping state and federal government agencies establish collaborative cultures. He also initiated and implemented a fact-based performance management system and software program around the principles of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, providing an interactive process to establish accountability and employee empowerment. Rob is now applying these tools as the basis for global change through the Resolution Institute. In his free time, Rob enjoys sharing his love of sailing in San Francisco Bay.
MOLLY HELENE HANSEN
Qi Gong Teacher and Permaculturist
Molly Helene is a yoga and Qi Gong teacher, healer, environmentalist, gardener and artist. She lives with her husband in Shoshone California in the beautiful Amargosa Basin of the Mojave Desert where she enjoys working as the staff naturalist and graphics director for the village of Shoshone California, and is helping to promote the formation of a national monument. In the summer months, she and her husband live in northern Maine where she enjoys foraging, fishing, canoeing, and swimming in the wild lakes, rivers, and coastal areas. In both Shoshone and Maine she loves to learn about permaculture design principles when she is not practicing Qi Gong or taking walks in the wilderness with her dog. Her wide vocational experience, including years of environmental nonprofit experience, ranges from project management, training videos production, graphics and publications design and management, administrative and executive assistance, and operations management. She has also been on the Board of Directors of the Resolution Institute for 15 years. She believes in the sanctity of all life and is committed to promoting humanity’s empowerment, self-determination, and sovereign rights as free beings.
JULIA MARINO
Designer and Storyteller
After completing a master's in visual communication at Ohio University in 2010, Julia took a leap of faith and moved cross country to join the Resolution Institute in Sacramento, California. Her role on the Resolution Institute team included the concept creation and design of the interactive HUE database with California State. She has also served as a Publications Manager and Graphic Designer at various organizations in Sacramento, including Rob’s consulting firm Resolution. After five years living in the Institute House, Julia went to Italy to study design thinking and food innovation where she met a dapper French-Canadian designer and got married. They have since lived in Japan and Hong Kong together, exploring the culture by tandem bike and sharing stories related to food, health, art, and sustainability. She and her partner are moving again to Montreal, Canada in January 2022 to be closer to family (and the Institute!).
ENRIQUE X SALAZAR-TURNER
Software Engineer and Devoted Dad
Enrique is a software engineer with a passion for machine learning, tinkering, and randomization. He first met the Resolution Institute during the final year of acquiring his B.A. in Computer Science from CSU Sacramento. As part of his senior project, he led a team of developers to create a functional version of the HUE dashboard software for the organization. After this project, Enrique decided to officially join the organization to continue his work on the software. In the years that followed, he became a team lead at a custom software organization, bought a house, got married, and had two beautiful children. He kept in close contact with Rob and in 2021, he joined the Board of Directors to provide technical guidance in an official capacity once again. In his spare time, Enrique enjoys hiking in mountains and forests to balance the large amount of screen time that comes from his profession.
EVAN BORNSTEIN
Economist and Data Enthusiast
After completing a B.A. in economics at U.C. Berkeley, Evan joined the Resolution Institute in order to apply his academic interest to a practical and meaningful project. His role on the Resolution Institute team included performing a deep dive into developing a reliable framework for identifying which issues should be included on the HUE dashboard. This involved researching the work and priorities of existing institutions, reading relevant literature, and developing a methodology with an expert in performance excellence.
After a year and a half working and living with the Resolution Institute, Evan decided to pursue an M.S. in applied economics and finance at U.C. Santa Cruz. Since then, he has worked in economic consulting for outfits working in labor and competition/antitrust.