Cynthia Mary Heelan

Cynthia Heelan, Ph.D., is retired president of Colorado Mountain College and an

educational consultant. She is a national facilitator and Distinguished Advocate for the

Center for Renewal and Wholeness in Higher Education (www.richlandcollege.edu/crwhe/)

She is the author of Heart at Work: Stories About Speaking From the Heart at Work, and co-author, with Dr. Gail Mellow, of Minding the Dream: Process and Practice or the American Community College. After a long and distinguished career in

higher education, she assists educational organizations in leading and planning in ways that engage the entire institution’s heart and voice. Cynthia holds a Doctorate in policy analysis and administration and a Masters Degree in Adult Education from the University of Minnesota. Board Chair Emerita for Battery Dance Company of New York City, she was an Archibald Bush Foundation Fellow in the College Management Program at Carnegie Mellon University.