Biography

Heather Hiles has served as a member of Udemy’s board of directors since August 2020. Ms. Hiles previously served as Chief Business Officer of Black Girls Code, a nonprofit focused on helping Black girls develop computer programming skills and opportunities, from November 2023 to August 2024. Ms. Hiles also previously founded and served as the managing partner of Black Ops Ventures, a seed-stage venture firm funding Black founders, from 2021 to 2022, and founded Imminent Equity, a venture capital firm, in 2019. Ms. Hiles previously served as Chancellor and CEO of Calbright College, a pioneering online, skills-based community college; worked as Deputy Director, PostSecondary Solutions at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with a focus on learning technologies; founded and served as CEO of Pathbrite, a digital learning company; and served as CEO of SFWorks, a nonprofit workforce development organization. Ms. Hiles received a B.A. in development studies and ethnic studies from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A from Yale University.