Heather Hollingsworth
Relationships are Everything
Specialties & Interests
Education
Provides executive brief/information sessions for government/private sector officials to understand CHDS educational programs and resources
Public Speaking
Presents on topics such as personal branding and content marketing
Interagency Relationships
Serves as primary contact for over 2,000 agencies and private sector companies to ensure CHDS enrolls the best candidates across all programs
ABOUT
For two decades, Heather Hollingsworth has been the bridge between federal, state, local, and tribal homeland security practitioners and officials with global thought leaders on resilience, homeland security, and emergency management. Ms. Hollingsworth scours the country ensuring the Center enrolls the very best candidates for its executive and graduate programs. Her responsibilities include contract support for strategic communications, agency outreach, student and alumni relations, recruitment, and public affairs. She supervises and coordinates Center communications on the national level for print, broadcast, and web-based media, working closely with both the Naval Postgraduate School and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security leadership on these endeavors.
Ms. Hollingsworth leads a strategic communications operation and department that shares, shapes, and demonstrates the impact and success stories of CHDS students, faculty, staff, and alumni and reaches out to a national audience of academics and practitioners.
In her previous position in contract support for the Center as the Director of Program Operations, Ms. Hollingsworth enhanced and streamlined program operations while working with government partners to accommodate additional programmatic goals. Ms. Hollingsworth provided logistical planning, coordination, and execution of the Center’s Master’s Degree Programs, Executive Leaders Programs, conferences, and workshops. Prior to the Center, Ms. Hollingsworth worked as the Director for Human Resources for FamilyCare of Monterey Bay. In this position, she was responsible for human resources for 40 employees and 5 physicians. She also successfully helped lead the company through bankruptcy and corporate re-organization.
CHDS AFFILIATION
- Strategic Communications Director, CHDS Contract Support since 2003
Heather is an outstanding leader whose vision is never impaired by obstacles. She turns them into opportunities. The answer with her is never ‘no,’ it’s ‘let’s see how we can get this done.’ Her positive attitude is contagious and you just want it to wear off on you!
Allen Martin
Eight-time Emmy Award winning News Reporter
HIGHLIGHTS
THE EVOLUTION OF HOMELAND SECURITY HIGHER EDUCATION
“Educational opportunities must evolve to keep up with the changing threat landscape, which requires forward-thinking academics and practitioners. Higher-education opportunities can help cultivate critical thinkers who can translate theory into action by implementing strategies and policies that help enhance domestic security. By blending academic theory with real-world applications, students can acquire the analytical skills and strategic mindset necessary to confront the complex challenges of the 21st century.”
chds overview
This video provides information on CHDS programs and resources.
Personal Branding
In this presentation, I help our students and alumni develop and enhance their social media presence through personal branding
Editor, Watermark Magazine
Watermark is the alumni magazine for the Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Our goal is to highlight each CHDS program and resource as well as how our students, faculty, staff and alumni implement policy/strategies in homeland security.
