Heather Seagroatt is the Executive Director of Capital Giving at Princeton University. Most recently, she was Vice President for Presidential Initiatives and Principal Gifts at Dartmouth. Previously, Heather served as Vice President for Development at Climate Central, a nonprofit research and news organization. She joined Lehigh University in 2001 serving first as Director of Individual Giving and later as the university's first Associate Vice President for Principal Gifts. She holds a doctorate and master’s degree in English from the University of Virginia and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Pennsylvania.