Heather Arnet

Who is Heather Arnet?

Heather Arnet is the Chief Executive Officer of the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania and a former member of the school board of Pittsburgh Public Schools. She is also the former Regional Vice President of the Pennsylvania Women’s Campaign Fund and Board Member of Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania. She currently serves on the Advisory Boards of The Forbes Funds and WQED Multimedia and is on the Board of Directors of The Ms Foundation for women www.forwomen.org

Arnet is an active volunteer with Western PA Planned Parenthood, NOW, The Women’s Funding Network, and Women in Philanthropy. In addition to her activist and philanthropy work, Arnet writes and directs feminist theatre and films.

She is currently writing and directing a film titled, "Madame Presidenta: Why Not U.S.? Vamos Meninas" www.vamosmeninas.com for the Women and Girls Foundation which will premiere on WQED in the fall of 2013. The film will then tour the country at local screenings hosted by community groups and airings on other PBS stations nationally. The film is scheduled for a debut in Brazil at the Femina Film Festival in April 2014.

Most recently, she directed Vanessa German's play "Root" for the August Wilson Center and the Vineyard Playhouse on Martha's Vineyard, and the Kelly Strayhorn Theatre in PA. She has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts for her play "Yo’Mama!" which has been performed in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Seattle, and Alaska.