October Town Hall

Lessons from Leaders

Oct 15, 2023

Lessons from Leaders

Oct 15, 2023

Our special guest for the September Town Hall is Denise DeLuca

Founder | Wild Hazel

Topic: Think Like Nature

Denise DeLuca is the former director and current adjunct faculty of MCAD’s MA in Sustainable Design and MA in Creative Leadership programs. She was co-founder of BCI: Biomimicry Creative for Innovation, a network of creative professional change agents driving ecological thinking for radical transformation. DeLuca is author of the book Re-Aligning with Nature: Ecological Thinking for Radical Transformation, which was illustrated by MA alum Stephanie Koehler. She also teaches with the Amani Institute. She also teaches with the Amani Institute. Her newest venture is Wild Hazel, where she guides individuals who want to re-align with nature and live from their natural paradigm.

DeLuca’s previous roles include Education Director for the International Living Future Institute, Project Manager for Swedish Biomimetics 3000, and Outreach Director for The Biomimicry Institute. Denise is a licensed civil engineer (PE) and holds a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering with a focus on modeling landscape-scale surface and groundwater interactions.  In addition, Denise is a Biomimicry Fellow and a member of the Advisory Council of The Biomimicry Institute, on the editorial board of the Journal of Bionic Engineering, and an Expert with Katerva. Denise is based in Oregon

Google Meet Link

Thursday, October 26

1:00pm – 2:00pm Central Time

Hope to see you there!

Dawn Keene / Director

Dawn Keene is the president of Studio Change, a company offering sustainability consulting services. Prior to Studio Change, Dawn has served as president of Keene Design, Inc. an award-winning Atlanta-based firm specializing in graphic design for over a decade.

Her previous affiliations have included High-Performance Healthy Schools Committee for USGBC Atlanta (United States Green Building Council), serving as the membership chair and on the sustainability committee for AIGA Atlanta (American Institute of Graphic Arts AIGA.) Her work has been featured on Sustainable Brands and published in Graphic Design U.S.A. In addition, she has participated in panel discussions on various topics such as environmental design and community outreach.

Her life mission is to empower communities and individuals to take positive action towards building a more sustainable future through education and community outreach. She holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Georgia State University and graduated from MCAD’s MA in Sustainable Design program in 2013.