Mollie Marti

Mollie Marti, JD, PhD, is a social psychologist, attorney, and the founding CEO of the Worldmaker Resilience Institute, a nonprofit organization that has supported community first responders in more than 20 nations and delivered virtual resilience education in over 150 countries worldwide. Her research moves beyond individual resilience traits to identify the social conditions that cultivate norms of hope, help-seeking, and collective well-being. Her THRIVE Resilience Model has been widely adapted across public safety, military, crisis response, education, and healthcare sectors.

Dr. Marti is the author of the children’s book We THRIVE Together (Worldmaker Publishing, 2026) and Walking with Justice (Greenleaf 2011), a historical fiction tribute to her life’s greatest mentor. She co-authored The 12 Factors of Business Success (Wiley 2008) and Sales Success books have been translated into eight languages.

Raised in a multi-generational military and first responder family, Mollie is driven by a deep commitment to those who protect and serve others. She holds an appointment as a Fulbright Specialist with the U.S. State Department and is a Veteran Leadership Presidential Scholar with the George W. Bush Institute. In 2025, she received the Guardian Angel Award from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ Walking with Warriors Program, honoring her contributions as a civilian leader serving the military community.

A trusted national media resource on crisis response and resilience, Dr. Marti hosts Resiliency Matters, a television program broadcast via cable to more than 250,000 households and streamed globally online.

Before her nonprofit executive role, Dr. Marti practiced law, taught university psychology, directed a research institute, and spent over a decade coaching competitive athletes at national and international levels. She and her husband live on a working apple orchard in Iowa, where they raised their three children alongside a lively collection of animals.