William Resnick

William Resnick is an Aspen Institute trustee, psychiatrist, and philanthropist. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, completed his psychiatry residency at UCLA, and has worked with organizations including AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Venice Family Clinic. His public service and philanthropy focus on community building, racial equity, criminal justice reform, international human rights, mindfulness, and nonprofit leadership.

Trust Is Built Through Repeated Practice, Not Civic Sentiment

At Dan Porterfield’s final Aspen Ideas Festival as president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, leaders of Weave, Aspen Kyiv and the Institute’s network strategy made a shared case that trust is not a civic sentiment but a capacity built through repeated practice. Frederick Riley argued that local trust must be rebuilt neighbor by neighbor; Yuliya Tychkivska described dialogue and leadership formation under wartime exhaustion in Ukraine; and Tommy Loper said Aspen’s dispersed alumni and programs need stronger connective tissue to turn relationships into usable institutional strength.

The Aspen InstituteJun 30, 202619 min read