Amanda Sturgeon is the CEO of The Biomimicry Institute, where she leads a global community of innovators, educators, and change-makers working to align human systems with nature. An award-winning architect and author of Creating Biophilic Buildings and contributor to the bestselling anthology All We Can Save, her work has been featured in The Guardian and she is a frequent keynote speaker on climate and design. She previously served as CEO of Built by Nature and the International Living Future Institute, and was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2015.