Heather Kennedy is the vice president of government relations and external communications. Heather has served in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility at the company for over 23 years. She is responsible for global government relations, federal lobbying and political activity in the Washington, D.C. office as well as state and local government relations across all 50 states. She oversees strategy for external communications including corporate and executive communications, brand PR, public affairs and Foundation communications.

Heather graduated summa cum laude from Florida State University with a BA in Business Management and holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Georgetown University.

Heather chairs the Governance Committee for the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, sits on Ford’s Theatre Corporate Advisory Board, the Board of the First Tee of Greater Washington DC, and is a member of the DC Economic Club.