Heather Morris was formerly a Senior Strategic Advisor to Chegg, Inc., where she leveraged her 10 years of experience with the company to help drive long-term strategic planning and decision making. She also held several voting-Board Member positions on the company’s behalf.

As Chegg’s former Chief Strategy Officer, Heather drove strategic planning for the company as well as leading the corporate development function. She also drove much of the budget planning, internal investment decisions, and built infrastructure to drive coordination and communication between the executives and the company. During her time at Chegg, Heather successfully sourced, led and completed a series of strategic acquisitions that have bolstered the company’s offerings in math (Mathway, Math42), writing (Imagine Easy Solutions, including EasyBib and BibMe, as well as WriteLab and RefMe), tutoring (InstaEDU), study tools (StudyBlue), skills-based learning (Thinkful) and careers (Internships.com), as well as several investments, both domestically and internationally.

Prior to joining the company, Heather worked on the Internet and Digital Media Investment Banking team at J.P. Morgan. There she acted as Chegg’s financial advisor starting in 2010, including private placements, M&A, and taking Chegg public in 2013. She also led coverage of emerging private companies as well as covering large consumer Internet companies like Facebook, Netflix and Dropbox, including several IPOs, private placements, securities offerings and M&A transactions. After completing her BBA with an entrepreneurship concentration at Brock University in Ontario, Heather went on to complete her MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business with analytical finance and entrepreneurship concentrations.

Heather is currently sitting on various boards and advisory committees, and engaging in volunteering efforts while relocating her family to Dublin, Ireland.