She has spent her entire career in the city and has served the government as well as the private sector. Morrison acquired her higher education at the Northwestern University and the University of California, where she was awarded degrees in journalism and law respectively. She spent most of her career working with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Helane joined the organization in 1996 and was posted to serve the San Francisco District. She is a confident, diligent, and brilliant individual, and therefore, she managed to hold top positions at the SEC. One of them is being San Francisco’s enforcement director. She ensured that companies were compliant and enforced the law against corrupt officials of New York’s Republic Securities, NextCard, Inc, Hewlett-Packard, and Dean Witter. Her work was outstanding, and the SEC appointed her as head of the San Francisco District.