Don Lynd recently retired after 40 plus years as a practitioner engaged in systems development, organizational development and military logistics in order to focus on being a scholar.

Don is a Licensed Professional Engineer. He holds a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering degree from the Ohio State University and an MBA from Auburn University. He is also a graduate of the U.S.A.F. Air Command and Staff College and the U.S. Army War College.

Don's engineering career included development of integrated systems as Manager of Systems Applications and organization development for Anchor Hocking Corporation. Prior to his military retirement as Director of Resources for the Ohio Air National Guard, he served at the Pentagon as Chief of Information Systems for the Air National Guard. Before his latest retirement, his work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture included organization and systems development and management of the wholesale market development program.

His interest in the area of human development began over 20 years ago by becoming a facilitator of the Investment in Excellence program of the Pacific Institute. He then was certified as a facilitator of Tony Buzan's Improving Mental Performance program and qualified as an administrator of The Myers-Briggs Type Instrument.

Don's dissertation research interest relates to personality type, temperament and life after retirement. Most recently, he was awarded a fellowship to study cross-generational development with the Fielding Graduate University's Creative Longevity and Wisdom Initiative.