Cheryl Heller
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Cheryl Heller is an American business strategist and designer. She founded the first Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts, is the President of the design lab "CommonWise", and is the recipient of the AIGA Medal for her contributions to the field of design.{{cite news|url=https://dsi.sva.edu/faculty/cheryl-heller/|title=DSI Faculty Directory|access-date=October 17, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://commonwise.com/team/cheryl-heller/|title=CommonWise: Cheryl Heller|date=April 2, 2014|website=CommonWise|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018013006/http://commonwise.com/team/cheryl-heller/|archive-date=October 18, 2017|access-date=October 17, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.aiga.org/medalist-cheryl-heller|title=AIGA Medalist: Cheryl Heller|last=Potts|first=Emily|date=March 1, 2014|website=AIGA}} As a Rockefeller Bellagio Fellow,{{Cite web|url=https://dsi.sva.edu/blog/2017/07/cheryl-heller-awarded-a-practitioner-fellowship-in-the-rockefeller-foundation-bellagio-center-program/|title=Cheryl Heller Awarded a Practitioner Fellowship in the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Program|website=DSI - Design for Social Innovation}} Heller is also credited with founding the first design department in an advertising agency.{{which|date= December 2024}} Heller's work focuses on the impact of design on human health and society.{{Cite journal|last1=Ngowi|first1=Helena Aminiel|last2=Winkler|first2=Andrea Sylvia|last3=Braae|first3=Uffe Christian|last4=Mdegela|first4=Robinson Hammerthon|last5=Mkupasi|first5=Ernatus Martin|last6=Kabululu|first6=Mwemezi Lutakyawa|last7=Lekule|first7=Faustin Peter|last8=Johansen|first8=Maria Vang|date=2019-06-05|title=Taenia solium taeniosis and cysticercosis literature in Tanzania provides research evidence justification for control: A systematic scoping review|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=14|issue=6|pages=e0217420|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0217420|pmid=31166983|pmc=6550401|bibcode=2019PLoSO..1417420N|issn=1932-6203|doi-access=free}}
Education
Heller attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts,{{Cite web |title=Contributor |url=https://nextbillion.net/authors/cheryl-heller/ |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=Next Billion}} where she studied painting and printmaking.{{Cite web |title=Cheryl Heller joins ASU as director of design integration {{!}} ASU News |url=https://news.asu.edu/20190403-cheryl-heller-joins-asu-director-design-integration |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=news.asu.edu}}{{Failed verification|date=January 2025|reason=Nothing in cited article about her educational background including this specific school/program}} She earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University. She also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylheller/|title=Cheryl Heller|last=Heller|first=Cheryl|website=Linkedin}}{{dead link|date=January 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In 2021, Heller earned her PhD in Design from the College of Design and Social Context at RMIT University.HELLER, Cheryl (2022). "The performative role of language in social design." PhD Thesis. RMIT University.
Careers
Heller began her career in advertising at Giardini/Russell in Boston.{{Cite journal|last=Robin|first=Hoffman|date=3 November 1989|title=Goodbye baked beans, hello Big Apple - top Boston creative joins Image Group: Cheryl Heller joins division of Wells, Rich Greene|journal=Back Stage|volume=30|issue=44|via=Gale}} She co-founded Heller/Breene within the Wight Collins Rutherford Scott (WCRS) Group. Heller/Breene was a small design firm where she served as chairperson and creative director until 1989; two months after her departure, WCRS Group sold the firm to Cipriani.{{Cite journal|last=Warner|first=Judy|date=27 November 1989|title=Cheryl Heller trades chores of independence for a shared creative challenge at troubled WRG. (Wells, Rich, Greene)|journal=ADWEEK Eastern Edition|volume=30|issue=48|pages= 24(2)|via=Cengage Learning, Inc.}}{{Cite news|last=Rothenberg|first=Randall|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/26/business/the-media-business-advertising-heller-breene-sold-by-wcrs.html|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; Heller Breene Sold by WCRS|date=1989-12-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-14|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|last=Elliott|first=Stuart|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/26/business/media-business-advertising-creative-talent-big-agency-jumps-ship-for.html|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS -- ADVERTISING; A creative talent at a big agency jumps ship for 'entrepreneurial' shop|date=1993-02-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-14|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} After leaving Heller/Breene, she worked at Wells Rich Greene BDDP. In 2003, she began partnering with entrepreneurs and organizations to advance social and environmental projects.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
After becoming president of the advertising company, she grew the division to $50 million in billings, which then became an independent entity.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} She has since worked as a consultant writing about business design strategies, and she has taught creativity to leaders and organizations.{{Cite journal |last=Cheryl |first=Heller |date=Summer 1999 |title=Why Clients Always Get the Work They Deserve |journal=Design Management Journal |series=Former Series |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=35–38}}{{Cite web |title=Sustainable Brands - Cheryl Heller |url=https://sustainablebrands.com/is/cheryl-heller |access-date=2019-12-16 |website=Sustainable Brands |language=en}}
In 1999, she created the "Ideas that Matter" program for Sappi, which awards grants to designers working on social and environmental projects.{{Cite web |title=The Start of Sappi's Ideas that Matter: Cheryl Heller |url=https://www.sappi.com/start-sappi%E2%80%99s-ideas-matter-cheryl-heller |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Sappi Global |language=en}} Heller is the former board chair and current Adviser to PopTech,{{Cite web|url=https://poptech.org/people/cheryl_heller|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018013126/https://poptech.org/people/cheryl_heller|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-18|title=PopTech : People : Cheryl Heller|date=2017-10-18|access-date=2019-12-16}} a Senior Fellow at the Babson Social Innovation Lab,{{Cite web|url=https://www.babson.edu/academics/centers-and-institutes/the-lewis-institute/relationships--partners/social-innovation-fellows/cheryl-heller/|title=Cheryl Heller|last=College|first=Babson|website=www.babson.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-12-16}} a member of the Innovation Advisory Board for the Lumina Foundation, and an adviser to DataKind.{{Cite web|url=https://www.datakind.org/our-team|title=DataKind {{!}} Our Team|website=www.datakind.org|access-date=2019-12-16}} She advises the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID on an initiative to integrate Human Centered Design into public health and has led an initiative to reduce the flow of young people from foster care to homelessness.{{Cite web|url=https://design.asu.edu/content/cheryl-heller|title=Cheryl Heller {{!}} The Design School|website=design.asu.edu|access-date=2019-12-09}} Heller served as an adviser to Paul Polak and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum on the exhibit, "Design for the Other 90%."{{Cite web|url=https://www.printmag.com/in-print/cheryl-heller-social-innovation-revolution/|title=Cheryl Heller on the Social Innovation Revolution|date=2014-07-21|website=Print Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-16}} She is a Matrix Award winner for excellence in communication.{{Citation|last1=Hinnant|first1=Amanda|title=The Magazine Revolution, 1880–1920|date=2011-12-01|work=The Oxford History of Popular Print Culture|pages=113–132|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-923406-6|last2=Hudson|first2=Berkley|doi=10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199234066.003.0007}}
MFA Program
In 2011, Heller founded the MFA program for Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts. This program is recognized as the first of its kind.{{Cite book|date=2011-09-01|title=AIGA: The Professional Association for Design}} The three-year program enables students with bachelor's degrees to further develop their skills and become creative leaders in government, industry, healthcare, technology, and global Non-Government Organizations (NGOs).{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebalancecareers.com/what-is-an-mfa-3570830|title=Thinking About Getting an MFA? Here's What You Need to Know|last=Burrell|first=Jackie|website=The Balance Careers|language=en|access-date=2019-12-19}}
References
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External links
- [http://designobserver.com/feature/a-busy-woman/39656 A Busy Woman, an essay by Cheryl Heller for the Design Observer]
- [http://socialcapitalmarkets.net/2017/05/gcp-design-team/ Good Capital Project Design Team Announced]
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