Heidi has worked in higher education for over 30 years with experience working in a variety of administrative roles including academic affairs, student affairs, and alumni affairs. As the current Director of Leadership Development in the College of Engineering, her primary role is to design and initiate a suite of professional leadership development activities and coaching for faculty and staff. She provides one-on-one coaching for faculty in new executive leadership roles and Associate-level faculty in Engineering. 

Before moving to Ann Arbor in July 2016, Heidi lived in Houston, Texas where she consulted at Rice University in the Center for Civic Leadership and the Doerr Institute for New Leaders. While in Houston, Heidi completed Executive Coaching training through Envision Coaching, at the PCC level of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She also completed a Coaching Groups and Teams Certification Training through Envision Coaching. Heidi served as the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Diversity in the College of Engineering at Montana State University (MSU) from 2001-2012. As Assistant Dean, she oversaw all aspects of the undergraduate programs including accreditation, academic policy, curriculum, student organizations, and scholarships. She also served as the Director of EMPower, the engineering minority program. 

Heidi earned her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2014. She studied developmental relationships in higher education and investigated the processes through which higher education leadership is fostered including mentoring, coaching, role-modeling, sponsoring, and networking. Heidi completed the Positive Leadership training at the Ross Executive Education Program in the School of Business. She has been coaching for over 10 years. She describes herself as a connector; she thrives at helping people reach their potential, and believes in “lifting while you climb”.