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RENEE ALDRICH Is the founder
and director of Softer Side Seminars, an
empowerment and self-esteem building
program for women and girls. She is an
award-winning writer, who freelances
for various publications including, the
Pitt Chronical, New Pittsburgh Courier,
and has published in the Post-Gazette
first person.
She is a published author of Notes from
the Softer Side, a book that encompasses
the teachings of Softer Side Seminars.
She conducts empowerment groups,
hosts and annual events, and is a sought-
after speaker and workshop facilitator.
Currently, Renee is a life skills coordina-
tor at a local women’s shelter.
For the past 16 years, she has remained
committed to empowering women to
recreate the way they see themselves.
Ms. Aldrich is the mother of two, and a
proud new grandmother.
If you get, give. If you learn, teach.
— Maya Angelou
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KATHERINE F.H. HEART, GPC,
M.Ed. is President of Heart Resources, LLC at
www.heartresources.net, a mission-driven grant
business with 16 years of experience working
with community-based organizations, municipal-
ities, universities, and grantmaking entities to im-
prove quality of life in Western PA. She earned the
Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential and
was the first person designated as an Approved
Trainer by the Grant Professionals Association.
She has assisted 50 organizations with project de-
velopment, funder research, grant consulting and
training, proposal writing, budgets, and reporting
– winning a total of $21+ million grant dollars.
She has presented grant seminars for the Carnegie
Library of Pittsburgh-Nonprofit Resource Center
and other organizations for 10 years. Katherine is
Co-Facilitator of the Grants Café, a free monthly
meetup group for everyone interested in grants at
www.meetup.com/grants-professionals-of-west-
ern-pa. Katherine is the author of an award-win-
ning book, GrantepreneurTM-Getting Started in
a Grant Career and Business (Red Engine Press,
2016).