ABOUT HEATHER

Heather's 35-year career is threaded with mostly nonprofit experiences that include communications, marketing, writing, event planning and fundraising/development strategy. 

CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT and FUNDRAISING STRATEGIST

Heather segued from appraising and selling antiques to writing for Colorado Homes & Lifestyles magazine, to directing communications at Historic Denver, Inc., to working with and for hundreds of nonprofits in executive fundraising and event-planning as both an auctioneer and a development strategist. With over a decade of consultancy under her belt, she has built a balanced and comprehensive understanding of nonprofit strategic planning, budgeting, campaign/event, board, staff and donor engagement tools needed to meet challenges. 

As your development and fundraising consultant, she brings goal-driven, level-headed passion to each project, motivated by the desire to see you and your team streamline and set course for the sustainability and growth needed to continue your good work. 

BENEFIT AUCTIONEER

Leaving college with a degree in Art History, Heather's auctioneering experience began at age 23 at the iconic San Francisco auction house Butterfield and Butterfield (now Bonhams), then as the first woman and youngest person to work the auction block at Clar's Estate Gallery in Oakland California, where she spent three years working with and learning from some of the most talented auctioneers in the business.

Since moving to Colorado in 1997, when she was mentored by beloved veteran auctioneer, Gary Corbett, and has developed an expertise on the block that has benefitted hundreds of nonprofits of every size and stripe. 

Learning about your mission and positively articulating your message to inspire and invite a room of supporters to give is the reason she loves and excels at her craft.