Heather White, Spark Experiences

Heather White is a San Francisco Bay Area local with +15 years’ experience planning and executing experiential learning programs and tours.

Her clients have included world class Universities, corporations, schools and families. For the past several years, she has specialized in leading luxury leisure-travel and student tours in both California and France both independently and as a regional lead for TAUCK World Discoveries.

Heather is fluent in both English and French.

Before becoming a San Francisco Tour Guide Guild (SFTGG) Certified Member and graduate of both ITMI and TripSchool, Heather earned a Master’s Degree in Education from UC Berkeley and the University of San Francisco, a double BA in Political Science and Global Studies from UC Santa Barbara, as well as a professional certificate in Project Management (PMI) from UC Berkeley.

She is also SF Travel Certified and a Certified Tourism Ambassador (CTA) specializing in Northern CA Wine Country.

In the off season, Heather enjoys catching up with friends, taking cooking classes, and exploring the area with their two [ridiculously cute] dogs Sparky and Moose. There is ALWAYS more to see, do and learn in the SF Bay Area!

Certificate in Project Management, UC Berkeley

Certificate in Advanced Human Dynamics, UC Berkeley

MA Education, University of San Francisco and UC Berkeley

BA Political Science and Global Studies, UC Santa Barbara (Magna Cum Laude)

International Diplôme, Sciences Po Lyon France

Certified Tour Guide, San Francisco Tour Guide Guild

Certified Tour Director and Guide, TripSchool

Tour Technology Certificate, TripSchool

Certified Tour Director and Guide, International Tour Management Institute (ITMI)

Frequent Speaker, Consultant, Instructor and Program designer for TripSchool, Education First (EF), and International Association of Tour Directors and Guides (IATDG)

Digital Marketing Certificate, General Assembly San Francisco

Berkeley Facilitator Network, UC Berkeley

Wine Educator-Ambassador, The Wine Corporation (with training from the San Francisco Wine School)