Thirty-five years of experience in the natural products and health care industries make Mindy Green a genuine, national authority on botanicals. She recently left her position at Aveda Corporation (2003-2009), where she worked in the botanical research division of R&D as their clinical aromatherapist. She now runs her own consulting company, Green Scentsations, LLC.
Prior to her years at Aveda, she founded and owned several herb and essential oil businesses. Recently she focused on her specialization in skin care and health around botanical therapies, product development, and aromatherapy education. Mindy is on the Cosmeceuticals Scientific Advisory Board for the Supply Side West trade show and conference; and she serves as committee chair for Botanicals in Cosmetics for the American Herb Products Association.
Serving now on the governing advisory board of the American College of Healthcare Sciences and having been a Program Specialist at the Integrative Resource Center of Anschutes Cancer Center, at University of Colorado Hospital, is indicative of Mindy’s dedication to, and leadership in, wellness and healthcare. At the Anschutes Cancer Center, she developed and implemented specialized educational programs and resources on complementary therapies for patients and staff. From 1995 to 2001 she served as Director of Education and, later, Director of Research for the botanical medical library at Herb Research Foundation.
Mindy is a founding member of the American Herbalists Guild and an associate editor of the American Herb Association Newsletter. From 1995 to 2003 Ms. Green was on the faculty of the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies. The California School of Herbal Studies is among Mindy’s business ventures; she was co-owner and a faculty member from 1985 to 1995. She is a nationally certified Registered Aromatherapist and has served on the education committees of the National Association of Holistic Aromatherapists and the Aromatherapy Registration Council. She is a professional member of the Alliance of International Aromatherapists.
A prolific writer and lecturer, Ms. Green has authored over 40 magazine articles on botanicals and skin care. She is co-author of Aromatherapy, A Complete Guide to the Healing Art; author of Calendula and Natural Perfumes, and has contributed to numerous books on herbs. She conducts seminars and training programs across the country and internationally on complementary health care. As a botanical-therapies expert, she has been interviewed more than 400 times by leading magazines and newspapers.
Ms. Green holds a bachelor’s degree in Holistic Health Sciences and a master’s in Health and Human Services from Columbia Pacific University. From Purdue University she received extensive training in the advanced uses of essential oils.
Decades of beauty-industry and wellness-industry expertise are complemented by Mindy’s active, longstanding licensure as an esthetician and massage therapist. She has taught aromatherapy at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy, UC Boulder, U MN, Metro State College in Denver, and for the University of Arizona's Center for Integrative Medicine. Visit her website at greenscentsations.com.
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