Mark Gerzon

Mark Gerzon is president of Mediators Foundation, a nonprofit incubator for projects that bridge social and political divides. He is also co-director with Chris Gates of "Philanthropy Bridging Divides," a project which fosters cross-partisan dialogue among foundation executives. Through his activism and his writing over the past quarter century, Mark has focused on the growing political polarization. In his writing, he addressed it first through A House Divided (1996); then in Leading Through Conflict (2006); and more recently in The Reunited States of America: How We Can Bridge the Partisan Divide (2016), which inspired the documentary The Reunited States (available on Amazon Prime.) From his early work designing and facilitating the Congressional Bipartisan Retreats to his current bridging work in philanthropy and media, he has been a dedicated activist in the movement for a diverse, inclusive, respectful civic culture and transpartisan politics.