Meet Heather

For the past five years, I have helped nonprofits, professional development organizations and labor unions achieve a number of big policy wins here in Oregon. In the 2023 Legislative Session, I helped my client pass the nation’s first ever publicly-funded recovery high school program, to ensure that youth with substance use disorder and co-occurring disorders have a safe, healthy environment to finish out their education. In the 2025 Legislative Session, I championed improvements to Oregon’s water laws, successfully legalizing commercial gardens so that small-scale growers can sell at farmers markets and CSAs. Before that, I worked on communication campaigns to secure millions of dollars in funding for child care programs, workforce investment initiatives, and economic development projects.

Prior to consulting, I worked as a Communications and Events Coordinator for an international nonprofit, where I developed social media campaigns, digital content and cross-cultural communication strategies, and coordinated events of every shape and size.

Whatever I’m working on, I love looking at big-picture problems and then digging into the details to find win-win solutions. I know how to engage diverse audiences to bring important conversations to the table, and I pride myself in developing communication strategies that bridge political or organizational divides.