She is also a member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Endometriosis Research Center, an international 501(c)3 non-profit foundation.  Her work has been featured in such resources as the 2006 best-seller, "Living Well with Endometriosis“ by Kerry-Ann Morris, in which she is also the author of the foreword and a profiled subject [HarperCollins]. Heather also serves as a professional consultant to, and has worked on behalf of, many of the world's leading biotech, clinical research and health care marketing firms, developing original content on a myriad of topics.  Ongoing and past projects include original presentations, CME and health practitioner education materials, speaker content, marketing materials, newsletters, website content, substantive edits, slides and graphics, proof of concept efforts, book reviews and critiques, sales sheets, press releases, branding development, monographs, white papers, training materials, investigational case studies, and much more.  She is also the author of hundreds of lay oriented women’s health care and education materials.

Her diverse work affords her extensive interaction with patient, physician, professional and media networks and enables her to liaise with industry representatives on various activities and opportunities, including grants, funding, education, research, and lobbying efforts for women’s health awareness.  She has attended and reported on various global medical symposia, including the World Congresses on Endometriosis and the International Controversies in GnRH Agonists; networks with medical, biopharmaceutical, medicolegal and related industry professionals to establish research projects, proof of concept efforts, product focus studies and therapeutic clinical trials; and presents frequently as a guest speaker to advocacy groups, medical professionals, students and consumer groups around the nation and abroad.  Most recently, she served as a clinical coordinator in conjunction with Protocol T08 [the Collection and Analysis of Salivary Samples for Endometriosis Prediction], a novel, proprietary study to determine the feasibility of predicting Endometriosis based upon concentrations of specific components within the saliva during a female’s fertile period.

She holds dual certifications in medical technologies and health education and is a member of the American Medical Writer's Association, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the international PAX Society, and the World Endometriosis Society.  She also serves as an Advisor to Mednalysis Corporation's MedCouncil.  She served as an America Online health division leader for the AOL Health Network from 1996 until the Program's closure in 2005.  Her work concerning health care on the Internet also is featured in the book, "Real People, Real Stories: How the Internet is Touching Lives."  Heather has been included in the 20th edition of "Who's Who Among American Women" and is a former member of OBGYN.net's Women & Patients Advisory Board, as well as the previous Managing Editor of OBGYN.net's EndoZONE and Endometriosis Pavilion portals.  She has also served as a five-term judge by invitation for the National Health Information Resource Center's celebrated "World Wide Web Health Information Awards" Program. She was also previously among the nominees considered for appointment to the United States Food & Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research's (CDER) prestigious Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Board.

She was a guest editor for, and is the co-author of the foreword in, "Coping With Endometriosis" by Glenda Motta, RN, MPH and Robert Phillips, Ph.D. [Avery].  Additional resources with whom she has worked include Valeo Medical, Jespersen Associates, Cytyc Corporation, PortaScience, MammoSite, LLC, MedPond, LLC for the Journal of Informed Medicine, Dr. Jennifer Ritchie-Goodline, a licensed clinical psychologist, the Endometriosis Research Center, the Journal of Gynecologic & Obstetric Investigation, the 9th World Congress on Endometriosis, Associated Content, Insider Reports, Life Tools for Women, Bella Gynecology, where she served as Gynecology Editor from 2002-2005, Galaxy of Health, Terrashare, BriefMe.com, Health Magazine, Women's Diagnostic Cyber, Themestream, Comcast Media's National "Eye on Health" feature column, Thrive@Health, Health Frontier, New South Wales Endometriosis Association of Australia, America Online Health Network, the National Women's Health Information Center, Menses United Kingdom, the Equus Sanctuary, the Health Channel, Season Magazine, RedBook Magazine, Cosmopolitan  Magazine, Pregnancy Today, and Nurse's World, to name just a few.   She has also worked extensively over the years with select non-medical clientele to develop marketing materials and fulfill various communication needs, including reports, grant requests, proposals, business plans, corporate and real estate documentation, start-up materials, and much more.

Heather is also very active in patient advocacy and lobbying efforts.  Her important testimony concerning dioxin exposure was read before the California State Legislature at the invitation of Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza in support of AB2820, a consequential bill calling for the independent investigation of toxins in feminine hygiene products.  She also co-authored the text contained in various Endometriosis legislative Resolutions passed by local and national lawmakers, including House Concurrent Resolution No. 291, a groundbreaking National Endometriosis awareness Resolution. The Resolution was unanimously passed by the 107th Congress of the United States, and is the first such Legislation ever to pass in the United States concerning Endometriosis.  The states of Florida, Wyoming, Utah, New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado and California have also passed one or more Resolutions of a similar nature.

Having previously led operations within the demanding offices of senior executive partners at the leading global investment banking firms Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover & Co., Inc. and the Bank of America (formerly Security Pacific National Bank Corporation), her extensive professional background has enabled her to gain significant insight and understanding of both the medical and corporate industries, allowing her to successfully meet client and patient needs - as well as the needs of the businesses serving those clients and patients.