Heather
McCulloch
Executive Director, Women in the Economy
Heather McCulloch is the Founder and Executive Director of Women in the Economy, a national initiative engaging local, state, and national leaders from across sectors to reimagine an economy designed to work for women.* Started as an initiative of the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program (Aspen FSP), Women in the Economy is now a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives.
Heather has more than two decades of experience working as an advocate and thought leader focused on building an inclusive U.S. economy. Prior to joining Aspen FSP, she founded and led Closing the Women's Wealth Gap, a national network working to close the gender wealth gap. She is the principal and founder of Asset Building Strategies, a consulting firm that supports philanthropic, nonprofit, public, and private sector leaders to develop strategies that build wealth for low- and moderate-income families and communities. Her insights have been covered in major news publications, including CNN, Fast Company, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Ms. Magazine, NPR, Slate, and USA Today. She earned an MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a BA in Political Economy of Industrial Societies with Highest Honors from the University of California, Berkeley, where she has returned as a visiting professor on two separate occasions.
*Women in the Economy defines "women" to include all cisgender women, transgender women and men, and non-binary people.
