Don Bergh

Senior Associate Director, UIC Innovation Center

Affiliate Faculty, School of Design

Don Bergh serves as the Senior Associate Director of the Innovation Center. He oversees the User Experience Labs, develops new educational offerings, and works with the executive director on partner development, college collaborations, and other strategy-related initiatives. Don has a BA in Design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, attended the Yale program in Brissago, Switzerland, and was a Graham Foundation Design Fellow.

He has taught as an adjunct assistant professor in CADA since 2001 and joined the Innovation Center in 2013. Previously, Don has worked in a wide range of related fields: Communications Director, E-Lab (a pioneer in ethnographic research); Design and Publications Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Vice President Marketing, Sapient; Design Director, McKinsey Publishing, McKinsey & Company; Founding member, Iota Partners.