Hunter Merritt is a social scientist in the Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise (CPCX) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), within the Institute for Water Resources (IWR). His work includes facilitation, public participation, and conflict resolution for some of the nation’s toughest water resources challenges.
Through the IWR CPCX, Merritt provides direct support to districts and coordinates the efforts of the Public Involvement Specialist Cadre on all types of initiatives. Most recently, his facilitation skills have helped the agency pivot public involvement to a virtual space, using several available collaborative technologies and techniques to conduct virtual public meetings and charrettes. Merritt has more than 30 years of experience and training in facilitation, mediation, and conflict resolution, and he has helped more than two dozen studies and projects across the nation to actualize the missions of USACE Civil Works Transformation.