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Heather Arnet

Heather Arnet is the CEO of the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania (WGF), a nonprofit organization based in Pittsburgh, PA with a mission to achieve increased gender equity through strategic investments in public policy initiatives. Arnet is a tireless advocate for women and girls rights locally, nationally and internationally. In addition to the board of the Ms. Foundation for Women, she serves on Advisory Boards of WQED Multimedia, the Forbes Funds and Women for a Healthy Environment.  Arnet is a former Board Member of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Pennsylvania Campaign Fund for Women, and Grantmakers of Western PA. At WGF, Arnet spearheads efforts to decrease the gender wage gap and increase women’s representation on public and corporate boards. She is an Op-Ed contributor and On-Air commentator to local and national media regarding women, girls, and the economy, She led WGF’s successful "Girlcott" of Abercrombie & Fitch appearing on NBC’s Today Show, CNN, Fox News, BBC, and MSNBC. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Arnet has been identified as one of Pittsburgh’s "Top 40 under 40" by Pittsburgh Magazine, as a "Top Woman in Business" by Pittsburgh Business Times, as a "Top Twelve Noteworthy Business Leader" by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and received the Diamond Award, for "Outstanding CEO Leadership" by the Pittsburgh Business Times. In addition to her work in philanthropy, Arnet writes and directs feminist theatre.
   

2010 Marie C. Wilson Young Woman's Leadership Awardee, Jasmin Woodbury, was the youngest youth organizer to ever join Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE). In her time at DARE Jasmin elevated the voices of youth, spearheading a campaign to make the local school board and the superintendent pay attention to the root causes of high drop-out rates in public schools. Learn more and view the video

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