Heather is the Director of Finance and Administration on the Defense Industrial Base Initiative (DIBI) at GRI.  She brings 20 years of experience in higher education and research administration, proposal development, budgeting, and project and financial management experience to her role.

Prior to joining Northeastern, Heather spent the majority of her professional career at her alma mater, Boston University.  She has worked in a variety of research administrative support roles within the Boston  University-Boston Medical Center system, including Senior Grants Manager (Office of Sponsored Programs, College of Engineering, School of Social Work), Director of Finance & Administration (Institute of Global Sustainability) and Research Program Operations Manager (School of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine).  Heather is excited to join DIBI and share her administrative and programmatic experience, as well as further her own knowledge of federal relations, government contracts, and strategic growth.