About Holly Bellebuono

Holly Bellebuono, MPA, is an internationally known herbalist and entrepreneur, bringing 30+ years of leadership in the natural and organic products industry to her passion for supporting health and business. Drawing from her rich personal and professional background in health and wellness, Holly is dedicated to ecofriendly and women-empowering education. She is the founder of the Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine (since 2011) and Bellebuono International, and she has lectured at conferences in England, Costa Rica, Canada and across the United States.

Holly has published 8 books in 3 languages, including the award-winning documentary book Women Healers of the World. Her upcoming 8^th book Once Upon A Place: Forests, Caverns, and Other Places of Transformation in Myth, Fairy Tale and Film (2025) explores personal transformation and the stories that guide us. In addition to herbal and entrepreneur courses, Holly teaches the Book Proposal Bootcamp to support writers and authors in all genres.

Holly has won two small business awards plus a nonprofit executive award, having spent 7 years serving as an executive for environmental, educational, and human service nonprofits. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration: Environmental Policy from Appalachian State University and has executive certificates in Nonprofit Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and Impact Measurement & Management of the UN Sustainable Development Goals from Cornell, London Business School, and Duke University. In addition to natural and organic product business development, she has served on the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Community of Practice and the Martha’s Vineyard Climate Action Plan Steering Committee (Economic Resilience), among others. 

In addition to teaching in the health and wellness sphere, Holly provides business coaching, book proposal coaching for those writing nonfiction or memoirs, and strategic and business planning.