Heather Anderson

Lead Manager, Philanthropic Gifts and Grants Management

Heather Anderson joined CALSTART in July 2022. She has several years of grants and nonprofit program management experience in both the grantmaking and fundraising sectors, such as with The California Endowment, the W. M. Keck Foundation, and the American Academy of Pediatrics in California. She has a personal and professional interest in contributing to efforts that will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the climate emergency, paving the way for improved public health.

Heather is a third generation Angeleno who loves LA but also enjoys learning about and visiting other locales. She has an earlier degree in Fashion Merchandising, and more recently received a Bachelor’s Degree in the Interdisciplinary Studies of Environmental Sustainability and Public Health from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.