Catherine T. Morris is a proud mother, social entrepreneur, philanthropist, and visionary, who works at the intersection of creativity, spatial justice and movement building. As a cultural strategist, Ms. Morris has spent the last 20+years supporting and advocating for BIPOC artists and creatives, producing shows, developing opportunities and platforms as well as mobilizing and engaging local audiences to experience the arts from a Black perspective.Currently, she is the Director of Arts & Creativity at The Boston Foundation, where she leads the strategic thinking, evaluation and implementation around grantmaking and the ways in which the Foundation can best serve artists, communities and arts-supporters-at-large.Ms. Morris is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Boston Art & Music Soul (BAMS) Fest. The mission of this nonprofit organization is to break down racial and social barriers to arts, music and culture for communities and artists of color across Greater Boston and beyond. Since 2015, BAMS Fest has employed, supported and presented 800+ local artists, provided 450+ jobs to creative entrepreneurs, activated (40+) public spaces and has attracted over (70,000+) attendees to their programs.From a spatial justice and equity perspective, Ms. Morris has served as an advisor and consultant to urban planners and architects around design, public realm engagement and the incorporation of artists and creatives at early-stage project development. Clients have included MassPort, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, City Hall Boston, and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She currently serves as a Commissioner with the Boston Civic Design Commission (BCDC), who are charged with critiquing the aesthetics of proposed development projects and ensuring that the projects have a positive impact on the city's public realm. Among many of Catherine’s many awards, honors and recognitions, she received the 2024 Arthur Fiedler Achievement Award for Bringing Arts to the Public, the 2022 Newell Flather Award for Leadership in Public Art, and was named one of Boston Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. She has served as a thought leader on panels with institutions such as Berklee College of Music, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Emerson College, Northeastern University, Simmons University, MIT, and the Museum of Fine Arts. Catherine is an alumna of Temple University School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management in Philadelphia, PA, and received her Masters of Science from Simmons University (Boston, MA).