Heather is "just" a (fantastic) lawyer. She isn't providing the "here is what would be good for the project" direction, the community and the foundation are doing that. She is helping ensure that we understand the legal implications and requirements of achieving the direction set by the community. And she does (IMO) a fantastic job of that.

This also means that if we gave her really bad direction (for the community or project), she would also be fantastic at it. The fault there lies in the direction, not the legal advice.