Cindy Gilbert is faculty and program coordinator for the Minneapolis College of Art and Design's fully online Sustainable Design Program (www.mcad.edu/sustainable). In this role, Cindy fosters a culture of awareness and creativity through the evolution of this ground-breaking design program that brings together sustainable innovation and collaborative problem-solving; her ultimate goal is to create an ecosystem of change agents committed to environmentally-responsible and socially-just design. She has extensive research experience in the fields of climate change and polar ecology, and has taught several courses and workshops in the fields of sustainability, biomimicry, biology, and natural history. She was the founding program coordinator of the University of Montana's campus-wide sustainability program and most recently served 3.5 years as the founding director of university education at The Biomimicry Institute where she developed and managed all higher education programs including the Biomimicry Professional Certification Program, the annual Biomimicry Education Summits, and the Biomimicry Affiliate and Fellows Programs.

Cindy Gilbert's Website:
http://www.mcad.edu/sustainable