Heather Gingerich

Heather Gingerich, Senior Program Officer

Heather is College Spark's Senior Program Officer, overseeing our initiative investments and advocacy strategies.  Contact Heather to learn how we’re improving college success for low-income students through Achieving the Dream, Navigation 101, AVID, and Dual Credit Programs.

Before and Beyond College Spark

Heather joined College Spark in 2006 with nearly 20 years experience in non-profit administration and program evaluation.  Her prior professional experience includes working as Director of Capacity Building and Social Justice Initiatives for the YWCA, Grants Manager for the United Way, and Director of Programs for Washington Women's Employment & Education. She earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law and Bachelor of Arts degree from The Evergreen State College.  When she’s not working, Heather stays busy watching baby Viola grow and traveling to sunny destinations with friends and family. 

Night Table Reading

I’m Down: A Memoir, Mishna Wolff; Becoming the Parent You Want to Be, Laura Davis & Janis Keyse; A Complicated Kindness, Miriam Tows

Quote of the Moment

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. - Everett Edward