Catherine Peterson

Catherine Peterson is the Executive Director of ArtsBoston, Boston’s largest and most high impact arts service organization. Under Ms. Peterson’s guidance, ArtsBoston has garnered significant recognition in the community, including the Commonwealth Award, the state’s highest honor for the arts, acknowledgement from the Boston Theatre Critics Association that “no organization has been more important over the past 25 years to bringing theatre to a wider audience than ArtsBoston” and acclaim as “a national leader in arts marketing” by a Massachusetts Cultural Council peer review. Ms. Peterson worked for the English National Opera in the 1980s, opening the first opera merchandise store in Great Britain. She has also held positions as Artistic Administrator for The Cleveland Orchestra, Vice President at Columbia Artists Management and Project Manager for the Worcester Art Museum’s $1.3 million audience development program supported by the Wallace Foundation. Ms. Peterson is a graduate of Stanford’s Executive Program for NonProfit Leaders and LeadBoston, the NCCJ’s social justice leadership program. Ms. Peterson graduated summa cum laude from Wellesley College.