Heather Richardson Higgins serves on the boards of the Independent Women's Forum (as chairman), the Hoover Institution (executive committee), the Independent Women's Voice, The Philanthropy Roundtable (as vice chairman), where she helped co-found the Alliance for Charitable Reform, a project of the Roundtable. She also ran a 527 political action committee, Softer Voices, in 2004 and 2006. In addition, she is on the NY board of UBS's mutual funds, and is a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, Ms. Higgins was a portfolio manager and vice president at U.S. Trust. Prior to working in finance, she was an editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal and assistant editor at the Public Interest magazine; Ms. Higgins continues to write has appeared on a variety of television programs. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HeatherHiggins http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HeatherHiggins TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:14:48 GMT Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:14:48 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The lessons of Massachusetts are not quite as obvious as they first appeared. The election holds a cautionary tale for both parties. To better understand what really happened, the Independent Women's Voice... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HeatherHiggins/2010/02/01/after_massachusetts_now_what a1043f89-8295-4722-b55a-1fadb7b7cc7d Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:14:48 GMT The seeming indifference of this Administration to the steady and precipitous decline of the market since President Obama's election should surprise no one. One has only to look at the President's past to gauge the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HeatherHiggins/2009/02/23/obamas_schadenfreude 55cada07-eb62-485b-a119-590b48621cfe Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:07:29 GMT In the wake of financial upheaval, McCain's prospects have plummeted. The campaign's response has not helped - erratic, desperate to get this behind them, and, if the Biden-Palin debate is a harbinger, blaming Wall... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HeatherHiggins/2008/10/07/how_mccain_can_get_his_mojo_back aa99cc51-f9ed-4b6f-bef3-587badb9441f Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Unlike the days of debates about lipstick comments and flag pins, the past week has been dominated by major issues. The House bailout bill, which we were told early and often was sure to pass, suffered a bipartisan... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HeatherHiggins/2008/10/01/conflict_of_visions 4eff170d-d8e5-4e78-9af0-644dadeb092e Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:54:58 GMT Of all the names thrown about as potential VP candidates for Sen. McCain, Governor Palin was the only one who matched the current zeitgeist which drives so much of the enthusiasm for Sen. Obama's candidacy. Her ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HeatherHiggins/2008/09/08/unconventional_wisdom 6f90e689-7934-4c37-9b71-33ce67644bcc Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:54:40 GMT