Heather Wong

Biography

Heather serves as Assistant Private Secretary to HRH The Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry) at Kensington Palace, where, she focuses on building The Duke of Sussex's strategic initiatives across areas including conservation and sustainable tourism, mental health, sport for social development, HIV/AIDS, and youth engagement in the Commonwealth. Heather works together with strategic partners to navigate the landscape of organisations—from grassroots to global – ensuring maximum potential impact of His Royal Highness' work in these areas.
Prior to joining Kensington Palace, Heather served as Associate Director at Milltown Partners, a London based strategic consultancy working with businesses and individuals to solve complex communications, public policy, and reputation challenges. Before moving to the U.K., Heather worked in U.S. government and politics, and served as Communications Director for the Super PAC NextGen Climate; and was a political appointee in the Obama Administration, serving as Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and as a spokesperson for international affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury. Heather also was the Communications Director to The Better World Campaign, the issues and advocacy arm of The United Nations Foundation; and spent several years on Capitol Hill as Press Secretary to the House Financial Services Committee and Chairman Barney Frank, and held communications roles in the offices of Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, and the (then) Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.
Heather holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree in Politics and Communications from the London School of Economics and Political Science.