Michael Reszler
Chief Operating and Strategy Officer
Mike Reszler is United by Nature's Chief Operating and Strategy Officer, bringing 25 years of experience as a digital news leader and PhD-trained intellectual historian turning ideas into working institutions.
Mike previously directed the Aspen Institute's Citizenship and American Identity Program and founded Curious Exchanges, where he helped people and organizations transform big ideas into reality. Mike also served as Chief Digital Officer and Chief Strategy Officer for the American Public Media Group and Minnesota Public Radio, where he led newsrooms of 100 and helped build the digital side of a public media enterprise into a real revenue engine. His teams contributed to Pulitzer- and Peabody-winning work, and his interim leadership of MPR News earned a national Edward R. Murrow Award.
Mike is passionate about the bipartisan nature of environmental issues and believes conservation can rebuild the trust and compromise our democracy depends on. A Minnesotan by choice, he serves on the council of St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church and founded a Benjamin Franklin-style dinner club that still meets to debate books, ideas, and big questions.