{"id":287765,"date":"2025-10-08T23:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T23:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/287765\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T23:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T23:40:12","slug":"onetime-catholic-charities-fort-worth-leader-returns-as-next-president-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/287765\/","title":{"rendered":"Onetime Catholic Charities Fort Worth leader returns as next president, CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heather Reynolds is returning to lead Catholic Charities Fort Worth more than a month after the nonprofit suddenly parted ways with its former CEO.<\/p>\n

Officials from the nonprofit announced Reynolds, who oversaw the charity from 2005 to 2018, as its next president and CEO on Tuesday. For the past seven years, she\u2019s been at the University of Notre Dame, where she has served as the Michael L. Smith managing director at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The appointment drew support from members of the nonprofit\u2019s board and Fort Worth Catholic Bishop Michael Olson, according to an Oct. 7 press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In August, Catholic Charities Fort Worth officials announced that former CEO Michael Iglio<\/a> was no longer with the nonprofit. No details of the separation were released, and Beth Kwasny was appointed interim leader. Iglio\u2019s departure came after the nonprofit reversed<\/a> a decision to end its federally funded role in leading Texas\u2019 refugee resettlement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Catholic Charities Fort Worth \u201ctook a different approach with the hiring of this CEO role by seeking out talent ourselves,\u201d said Allison Rix, the interim board chair who oversaw the CEO selection committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the selection committee heard Heather was returning to Fort Worth, we actively pursued her given her unmatched strategic vision, fundraising and leadership skills both at this agency and at Notre Dame,\u201d Rix said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the most exciting hires we\u2019ve made as we have agreed to a long-term tenure to ensure not only stability for today, but also the runway and planning required to eventually hire and train a successor under her leadership someday.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reynolds was with Catholic Charities Fort Worth for 17 years. She joined the organization as a 22-year-old intern in the clinical counseling department. She became its CEO at 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Catholic nonprofit has a long history of serving the most vulnerable, Reynolds said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much work to be done in service to those struggling in poverty,\u201d she said. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to help take what we started and scale it with the people and community that already have my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reynolds will formally step into the role in February. Kwasny is to remain interim CEO until then.<\/p>\n

Marissa Greene is a Report for America corps member, covering faith for the Fort Worth Report. You can contact her at marissa.greene@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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