Heather Keisler Fornes

Heather Keisler Fornes is the Executive Director at Portland Fruit Tree Project since April 2020. She is also the Founder and Program Coordinator at Neighborhood Gleaners, a program of the Hollywood Senior Center, where she works to connect low income seniors and families with farm fresh produce. With a Master of Public Administration in Nonprofit Management from Portland State University, Heather has a background in volunteer coordination and has previously worked as an Operations Manager at Rose City Rollers and Volunteer Coordinator at Hoyt Arboretum Friends. She also served as the Professional Dev. Committee Co-Chair at the Northwest Oregon Volunteer Administrators Association. Heather graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a Gender Studies Minor.