Amber Heyward

About Amber Heyward

I align vision, strategy, and culture, letting ease and joy shape how ideas come to life. Drawing on a wide skill set and a cross-functional lens, I connect the dots to facilitate innovation and collaboration. It’s a privilege to partner with mission-driven organizations, teams, and individuals who are dedicated to being good at doing good.

Experience

1. Workforce Development Supervisor

   King County, WA

   Jul 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Provide leadership to the Workforce Development team. This includes supervision, program and project development and implementation, establishing goals, objectives, and measures in alignment with County priorities and initiatives.Design, manage implementation, and promote career development programs and interventions for King County employees, including people leaders. Develop trusted relationships across departments and employee groups to identify skills for success; create programs and initiatives that help employees acquire them.Nurture future leaders, create talent retention strategies, and influence senior leaders and frontline managers to adopt and implement those strategies.Prepare and deploy an annual engagement survey and periodic pulse surveys under the leadership of the Employee Experience Manager and in partnership with the Employee Experience Data Analyst.Ensure concise analysis of survey data. Collaborate to lead the facilitation and communication of survey data to County and organizational leadership throughout the enterprise. Facilitate action planning informed by survey data.Collaborate in the design and implementation of data visualization in modern toolsets such as Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, and other tools.

Education

• Regent University

  Master of Public Administration , Non-Profit and Faith-Based Organizations

• Christopher Newport University

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General

  2011 — 2015