Heather Carnes

Heather Carnes has extensive work experience in marketing, communications, and content strategy. Heather is currently serving as the EVP, Communications, and Chief Strategy Officer at AAHOA since July 2022. Prior to this, they worked as the Vice President of Marketing & Communications (February 2021-July 2022) and Vice President of Marketing (August 2020-February 2021) at the same company. Before joining AAHOA, Heather worked at Red House B2B Marketing as the Manager of Content Services from July 2017 to July 2019. Heather also had a long tenure at Naylor Association Solutions (Naylor, LLC), where they held several roles, including Senior Content Strategist (January 2016-July 2017), Content Strategist, Healthcare (October 2014-January 2016), Editor, Healthcare Industry Expert (August 2013-December 2015), Editor (April 2008-July 2013), and Marketing Associate (June 2007-March 2008). Heather'sresponsibilities at Naylor included client communication programs, content strategy, project management, and editing for various media platforms.

Heather Carnes completed their Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Public Relations from the University of Florida from 2003 to 2007. Heather has also obtained several certifications including Inbound Marketing Certification and Sales Enablement Certification from HubSpot Academy in May 2019, Content Marketing Certification from Content Marketing Institute in April 2019, and Social Media Certification from HubSpot Academy in April 2019.