Cathy Edwards

Cathy Edwards is  a former Executive Director of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), where she served from January, 2015, to June, 2022. She believes art has a unique role to play in engaging people and communities and is committed to building opportunity and equity in the creative sector. Cathy previously served as director of programming at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, CT; as the artistic director at both the Time-Based Art Festival at PICA in Portland, OR and Dance Theater Workshop in New York City; and as co-director of Movement Research in New York City. She has served on the board of directors of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, as chair of the board of directors of Movement Research, and as vice-chair of the board of directors of the National Performance Network. She holds a BA from Yale College.