Heather Foote

Heather Foote Treasurer

Heather Foote has served as Washington Office director for the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (1989-2003) and most recently the American Friends Service Committee. Previously, she worked for a decade with the Washington Office on Latin America, focusing on U.S. policy to Chile and El Salvador and serving as interim director her last year. She has organized or traveled with congressional delegations to Central America, Colombia and Cuba. With an advocacy background including Latin America, Central Africa, Burma and women's rights, Heather first became involved in human rights and public policy issues in Chile soon after the 1973 coup d'etat. She has an MA in international public policy from Johns Hopkins University (School of Advanced International Studies). In October 2006, Heather relocated to northern California where she will be applying her policy skills in a new environment."


 * Treasurer, Latin America Working Group