Heather has over 12 years of corporate experience, including such positions as executive assistant, marketing research specialist, and research director for various media outlets. Her skills are not limited to the aforementioned; she also excels in Internet research, website design, copywriting, editing and proofreading. Heather is extremely proficient in numerous software and hardware applications, as well.

The author of Making Dollars Out of Cents: 101 Tips for the Frugal Marketer, Heather is also the publisher of the popular ezine, Marketing Made Simple, a monthly publication filled with simple marketing tactics designed to enhance one’s marketing efforts. Additionally, she is a coach and co-group leader with Virtual Assistant Training. Most recently, she and partner, Becki Noles, founded the Virtual Assistant Revolution, a low- cost alternative to coaching.

Heather is passionate about promoting the Virtual Assistant industry and participates in many Virtual Assistant networking organizations. She strives to help others who wish to make their businesses a success.

In May 2006, Heather was nominated by her peers and became the first recipient of the Janet L. Jordan Award presented in association with the inaugural International Virtual Assistants Day, which was registered in the Chases Calendar of Events by the members of the Online International Virtual Assistants Convention (OIVAC). The Janet L. Jordan award is “to honor a newcomer Virtual Assistant who has been in business for less than 2 years and has reached a milestone in their short career in the industry. This milestone needs to be an accomplishment that has helped to boost their new business to an overwhelming success.”

Originally from Philadelphia, Heather, an avid reader, now resides with her family in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. There, she enjoys spending her free time with her family.