Melinda Rothouse, Ph.D. is a professional creativity, mindfulness, and leadership coach, consultant, and educator, as well as a musician, songwriter, and performer. She is a certified coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), with over 10 years of professional coaching experience and 20 years of combined experience in creativity and career coaching, academic advising, freelance writing and teaching in higher education. Her new book, A Mindful Approach to Team Creativity and Collaboration: Creating a Culture of Innovation, was released in the fall of 2020 from Palgrave Macmillan.