Heath Wickline

Heath Wickline is Director of Communications at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, where he manages key communications staff and projects, working collaboratively with internal and external partners in using strategic communications to achieve the foundation’s goals. He previously served as communications lead for a number of the foundation’s programs, providing strategic counsel to program staff and working with them to plan and implement communications efforts. Earlier in his tenure at the foundation, he also edited the foundation’s first blog, developed new policies and procedures related to openness and transparency at the foundation, including co-authoring an open licensing toolkit for grantees, and was a member of the Building an Inclusive Culture working group, an effort to foster a stronger sense of belonging among the foundation’s staff.

Previously, he worked as an independent consultant to foundations, nonprofit organizations and government agencies on communications planning, branding and messaging. He also worked a senior account manager at a San Francisco advertising agency where he developed award-winning print, broadcast and online campaigns for Bay Area and national nonprofit organizations. Earlier in his career, he developed communications training programs for organizations working for social change.

Heath holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Boston University and a master’s degree in international relations from San Francisco State University. He lives in Alameda with his wife and two children.