is a creative strategist and transdisciplinary artist.  She is committed to fostering collaborations across the varied artistic and cultural fields.  Heather’s current artistic pursuits include wearable art, lens-based art, film editing, dramatic writing, and interactive performance.  She is a Founding Artist of the New York City based art collective, Calling All Parties. Heather has always been passionate about arts and culture as well as civic engagement and public policy.  She has served as the Executive Director of One Percent for Culture since early 2011.  The organization’s mission is to increase city funding for the NYC nonprofit cultural community, including artists of all disciplines, to a full one percent of the municipal expense budget.  At One Percent for Culture, she spearheads efforts to unify the cultural community, building a diverse coalition that includes organizations of all sizes and disciplines, businesses, and prominent NYC cultural advocates from a variety of sectors. Heather holds a BFA in Film and Television from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and an MPA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Administration.  She is currently completing an MA in Transdisiplinary Arts, Culture and Practice at New York Universities’ Gallatin School of Individualized Study and a Millinery Certificate at the Fashion Institute of Technology.