Kris Heeter (aka Dr. Kris Klueg) is a biologist at Indiana University where she oversees the management of an international repository for biological samples. She is the President of the North American Fruit Explorers, is on the Board of Directors of the Northern Nut Growers Association (NNGA) and the Indiana Nut and Fruit Growers Association (INFGA). She and her husband, Brian, a have a small orchard and classified forest on a 100-acre place in Solsberry, IN, near the famous Tulip Trestle (the world’s third-longest railroad viaduct and the longest rail trestle in the US). Kris and Brian have worked with INGFA to develop the first Indiana fruit and nut tree repository on their property.