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Heidi was appointed Wellesley College’s Director of Civic Engagement in 2022 and will be part of the team launching the Hillary Rodham Clinton Center for Citizenship, Leadership and Democracy in April 2024 serving as the Program Director.  Trained as an educator and architect, Heidi has devoted her career to advancing organizations and initiatives focused on civic leadership and cross-cultural understanding. She served for nearly two decades as Founding Creative Director at City Year, a national youth service program that served as the model for AmeriCorps. In 2008, Heidi launched Purple Suitcase, founded on the principle that learning about diverse people and cultures – within one’s own neighborhood and communities across the globe – enables individuals to embrace our commonalities and differences as we navigate in an increasingly complex and connected global community.

Favorite class in school: Meteorology and American Sign Language