Brenda Zollitsch

Dr. Brenda Zollitsch has been leading organizational capacity and collaboration building at the local, regional and national level for over 25 years. Her work serves nonprofit, government, and public-sector serving business organizations seeking to optimize their operations and thrive in times of uncertainty and change. As an expert ‘boundary-spanner.’ Brenda founded Resilient Roots LLC to help guide organizations develop more robust organizational systems and initiatives to manage risk, expected and unexpected changes, and conduct asset-based planning designed to help organizations not only overcome but thrive. In this work, she guides leaders as they explore ways to plan for and through complexity, disruptions, and uncertainty. In addition to training, coaching and project work, Resilient Roots offers a wide range of scenario-based learning (SBL) exercises to clients, including moderated and stand-alone scenarios designed to scaffold capacity building for organizational leadership, boards, staff, and their partners. Brenda holds a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Southern Maine and has served as university faculty in both full-time and adjunct positions at USM’s Muskie School of Public Service for the last 10 years, where she teaches a wide range of graduate courses, primarily in the areas of public policy, research methods, organizational leadership, and resilience planning.

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