Today we're marching for change with Heather Cook, a daughter, sister, women’s advocate and Principal Customer Experience Manager in the Microsoft 365 SCALE Experience Team at Microsoft, where she leads engagement, evangelism, and growth by building strategy, programs, and meaningful connections between Microsoft and its global community. A former Microsoft MVP for Microsoft 365 Apps and Services,
Heather brings more than 25 years of experience as a marketing executive, executive event producer, consultant, and is the founder of the impact consultancy, Creative Maven. She has produced thousands of events, campaigns, and experiences across the high‑tech and entertainment industries and regularly speaks and hosts at corporate and community events worldwide.
Heather is an avid writer and publishes Maven Musings, a twice‑monthly business newsletter on LinkedIn, as well as her cultural Substack, Heddas Mix Tape. Her Microsoft career journey is featured in The Women of Microsoft and she will be sharing a chapter on leadership in the new book Iconic Leadership coming out in September 2026. Based in Marina del Rey, California, where you can catch her at the beach, recording audiobooks, spinning tunes as a DJ or travelling globally to speak on healthy workplaces, power skills, community, and inclusion.
Listen to Heather’s inspiring story.