Heather McElwee is the Randi & L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. Executive Director of Pittsburgh Glass Center where she has worked since 2001, overseeing educational programming, exhibitions, fundraising, and strategic direction for the organization. She has curated numerous shows in PGC’s Hodge Gallery including Lifeforms, Pittsburgh Biennial, and Turned On: Lighting Hooks Up with Sculpture. Her own glass artwork is an investigation of the relationship of vessel to architecture, and has been shown in galleries across the country. Heather has a BFA in glass and a Master’s degree in Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon University. Heather has been interested in the artists’ role in creative placemaking since she moved to Pittsburgh in 2001. Heather was a guest judge on Season 2 of Netflix’s Blown Away and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Glass Art Society, including terms as Treasurer and Vice President.