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Heather Arnet is the Chief Executive Office of the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania. She was named the CEO in 2004, two years after the Women and Girls Foundation was created. Arnet graduated from Carnegie Mellon University's College of Humanities and Social Studies in 1997 with a BA in Literary and Cultural Studies.

Before appointment as CEO in 2004, Arnet served as the Director of Development at the City Theatre for Pittsburgh. .

In 2005, Heather Arnet and the Women and Girls Foundation received international and national publicity for their "Girlcott" of Abercrombie & Fitch. On the Women and Girls Foundation's website, they describe the impact of their efforts: "...the girls appeared on NBC’s Today Show, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, as well as National Public Radio, and the BBC. Most importantly the “Girlcott” was successful in achieving its gender equity goals. Abercrombie and Fitch agreed to pull the offensive t-shirts from their stores, they issued an apology to the girls for selling the t-shirts in the first place, and they invited WGF’s Girls as Grantmakers to come meet with A&F executives at their corporate headquarters to discuss how the company could demonstrate increased social responsibility and respect for girls in the future".

In 2010, Arnet traveled to Brazil to document the election of the country's first female president, Dilma Rousseff. Her work was compiled into a documentary titled, "Madame Presidenta: Why Not U.S.?" On the Women and Girls Foundation's website, the documentary "Chronicles the journey of two women, one from the U.S. and one from Rio de Janeiro, as they explore the key question of why so many other countries have elected female presidents before the United States. In the process they make important discoveries about new democracies, community, and women’s rights. The film is a collaboration of the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania, and ELAS: Women’s Social Investment Fund in Rio de Janeiro."