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Heather Dickison
Executive Director at Care Through Touch Institute
Heather Dickison is the former Executive Director of the Care Through Touch Institute, a nonprofit organization in San Francisco that provides therapeutic massages to address mental and physical ailments affecting unhoused people.14 She held this position from 2018 to 2020.3 Dickison has a Masters in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Somatics.2
Before her role at Care Through Touch Institute, Dickison worked in the Renewable Energy Industry starting in 2008.2 Currently, she works as a Certified Massage Therapist at Carmelita Women's Home.3
During her time at Care Through Touch Institute, Dickison partnered with Lava Mae, an organization that provides mobile shower services to homeless individuals. She emphasized the importance of these services in helping people feel cared for and maintaining hope in challenging circumstances.1
The Care Through Touch Institute, under Dickison's leadership, focused on creating a caring community and providing support to those in need.4 Her annual salary as Executive Director was reported to be $48,000.5
