Heather McPherson is an associate portfolio manager for the US Large-Cap Equity Income Strategy in the U.S. Equity Division. She is a vice president and an Investment Advisory Committee member of the US Large-Cap Equity Income, Global Natural Resources Equity, US Large-Cap Value Equity, US Value Equity, and US Mid-Cap Value Equity Strategies. She also is chair of the T. Rowe Price Foundation. Heather is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Heather's investment experience began in 2001, and she has been with T. Rowe Price since 2002, beginning in the U.S. Equity Division. Prior to this, Heather was employed by Salomon Smith Barney as a summer intern, covering the storage area networking industry. Heather also was employed by Putnam Lovell Securities, Inc., as a vice president of finance and administration.

Heather earned a B.S. in managerial economics from the University of California, Davis, and an M.B.A. from Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business.