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Cheryl Heller | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Ohio Wesleyan University Goddard College RMIT University, Design PhD |
Known for | Founding the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts Nonprofit contributions |
Awards | AIGA award, 2014[1] |
Cheryl Heller is an American business strategist and designer. She is the Founder of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts, President of the design lab "CommonWise", and winner of the AIGA Medal for her contribution to the field of design.[2][3][4] She is a Rockefeller Bellagio Fellow [5] Heller has been credited as founding the first design department in a major advertising agency. Her work focuses on investigating the contributions design have on human health and its impact on society.[6]