Heather Hankamer is the owner of Heather Hankamer Consulting which works with a variety of clients on leadership development, event production and various aspects of running a nonprofit organization. In addition to owning her own consulting business, Heather is also the Executive Director of the CCC Leadership Program for Women and the President of the non-profit Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
A native of Dallas, Texas, Heather Hankamer grew up in the film business. For over 20 years Heather was the Managing Partner and Buyer for Dallas’ oldest and most successful independent movie rental store, Premiere Video. During that time, she served on the board of Women in Film Dallas and was also a founding board member of AFI Dallas from 2006 to 2009.
Most recently Heather was the Executive Director of TEDxSMU and the Assistant Director of K-12 Outreach for the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education at SMU Lyle. Under Heather’s leadership, the TEDx programs at SMU grew from 2 annual conferences for the Dallas community to a year-round slate of events on and off the SMU campus. These events included the very popular TEDxSMUWomen conference, TEDxKids@SMU, simulcasts of TED conferences and a leadership/community engagement program for SMU students. Heather also ran numerous outreach programs through the Caruth Institute. These programs included STEM summer camps for 6th to 12th graders, a design challenge event called Visioneering and the Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Annually these events reached over 2,500 students from across the North Texas region, with over 55% of students coming from economically disadvantaged communities.
Heather holds a Certificate of Nonprofit Management from the Center for Nonprofit Management in Dallas, is a certified Lumina Spark Facilitator and Coach, a trained speaker coach and is a graduate of Marsha L. Clark’s leadership program Power of Self. When she is not working with clients Heather enjoys cooking, reading, swimming, volunteering and entertaining.
Elizabeth is the Director of Operations for Heather Hankamer Consulting, working with clients to ensure their events run smoothly from planning to execution. She is also the Director of Programs and Community with the CCC Leadership Program for Women.
A native to the Pacific Northwest, Elizabeth Wright moved to DFW in 2009 to pursue a degree in International Studies.
She worked for Southern Methodist University for 11 years in the leadership office of the engineering school. While there, she participated in leadership team building sessions, co-facilitated learning pods, and co-chaired the Business Processes Group for the Strategic Plan.
Elizabeth has a Bachelor’s in International Studies, with an area focus of Africa and the Middle East, and a minor in Arabic from Southern Methodist University, and a Master’s of Dispute Resolution from Southern Methodist University (graduating 2023). She is a certified mediator in the state of Texas.
From 2013 to 2020, Elizabeth volunteered with a Dallas non-profit to teach ESL to adult refugees. She taught piano to many of their children and tutored them.
Elizabeth is also a proud, 2022 graduate of the CCC Leadership program. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring new restaurants, playing piano, reading, and pysanky.
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