Meet Heather
Heather is a global changemaker, speaker, and entrepreneur activating organizations and individuals in their visions for people and the planet. After recently selling her sustainable products company, Heather is rolling up her sleeves to support other leaders in their missions for a better future.
As a speaker, Heather has been on stages from Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles to Amsterdam and Fargo, ND. Speaking on empowered leadership, entrepreneurship, and activating change, Heather has presented for South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, TX, TEDx, and Dow, Inc, as well as leadership groups like Yellow Co or the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota. She is known for authentic communication, ukulele, excellent relationships with event planners, and leaving her rooms buzzing!
Currently, Heather is a partner in the 701 venture capital fund in North Dakota, and serves as the Head of Experiential Learning and Community for entrepreneurial education company, ILT Academy. Heather is a frequent executive and organizational consultant on sustainability, networking, problem-solving, and leadership wellbeing. She mentors for national startup accelerator, gener8tor, in its sustainability cohorts in Chicago, IL, and is Chair of the Board of Directors for national rural arts and economic development organization, Department of Public Transformation (DoPT), founded by Ashley Hanson, inaugural Obama Fellow and a Bush Fellow.
Heather was CEO of Bogobrush, a beautifully designed sustainable toothbrush brand, which she co-founded with her brother and successfully sold in 2022. Under Heather’s leadership, the brand grew to mass market through CVS, Urban Outfitters, and international distribution. This led to reducing 59 tons of CO2 emissions, diverting over 440,000 plastic bottles from the landfill, donating thousands of toothbrushes, sponsoring ecological restoration projects around the world, and being featured in publications like Vogue, Men’s Health, and Real Simple. Heather was a semi-finalist Entrepreneur of the Year in 2021 for iFundWomen (top 1% of over 3,000 nominees.)
Heather earned her Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Mitchell Hamline College of Law. She worked for a venture capital attorney where she found her passion for entrepreneurship as a vehicle for change. Heather also supported lobbying efforts for victims’ rights of sexual crimes. Heather graduated cum laude from Concordia College with a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and Political Science. She sang with the world-renowned Concordia Choir.
Heather resides in Jamestown, ND. In the last 10 years, she and her husband have lived in the Middle East, Europe, and Detroit, MI. Heather is a certified yoga teacher since 2012, and anytime Heather is not working or speaking, you can find her in nature soaking up the sun with her rescue pup, Nali.
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