Being willing to try new technology and being at the forefront of several technological developments as a teacher made my life simpler because I wasn’t struggling to keep things the same. DEBORAH S. GREENHUT, PHD President Creative Room for Learning East Brunswick, NJ www.linkedin.com/in/deborahgreenhut01/ Over a professional career that has spanned 50 years, Dr. Deborah S. Greenhut has distinguished herself as an educator, public speaker, playwright, author and illustrator in the greater New York City metropolitan area. Currently, she is the president of Creative Room for Learning, where she acts as a keynote speaker, author and educator focusing on advocacy for the business, emotional, health and practical needs of family caregivers. Dr. Greenhut has taught a variety of subjects at colleges, universities and vocational-technical schools, including English, public speaking, composition writing, writing for business and professions, and playwriting. From 1986 to 2001, she developed and delivered a multitude of professional seminars in the United States, Canada and the Netherlands, covering topics such as assertiveness, team development, creative problem-solving, time management, fiction writing and technical writing. Dr. Greenhut is a playwright and has presented her creative works over the past 25 years throughout the New York metropolitan area and even at a theatre conference in Valdez, Alaska. As an author and illustrator, she has published eight books for children, including “Oh, the Shapes You Will See at the Circus,” “A Child's Book of Shadows,” and “Princess Violette and the Magic Hairbrush.” She has also authored collections of poetry and fiction, and in 2022, wrote “The Hoarder's Wife: A Novel,” published via Woodhall Press. In 2024, Dr. Greenhut published her book “The Rational Caregiver” with AFGO Press. How have you navigated disruptions in your industry to remain a top professional? The secret is wearing many hats and always being ready to try something new. The idea of being a lifelong learner and continually re-educating myself is what saved me. Communication skills, writing and speaking were always core strengths of mine. When I went to college, everyone said, “What are you going to do with an English major?” That's probably the fundamental place where I mastered enough possibilities in writing that I could always move from one to another.
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