Heather was most recently Director of Research at Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc, an independent investment research boutique where she oversaw a team of forty analysts.

Heather has won a variety of consulting contracts including one with the US Department of Energy and the Government of Dubai. She has also received awards for creating clean-tech orientated indices. Heather holds an MSc in Environmental Science & Policy from Columbia University with graduate work in Industrial Engineering and Environmental Chemistry at Columbia University and the John Hopkins University. She has also been a guest speaker at the United Nations.