Mayor Martin J. Walsh has appointed North End resident Ann Moritz to the 15-member Boston Cultural Council which includes representatives from every City Council District and Boston’s wide array of arts and culture disciplines.
               The Council consists of all volunteers that will help the city determine the best way to determine how allocated funds are distributed to arts and cultural organizations that improve the quality of life for all Bostonians.
               “We are very fortunate to have so much knowledge and experience on this year’s Council,” the Mayor said in a prepared press release. “I am confident the Council will help the city have an even greater impact now that we have increased supports from City Hall by matching the Massachusetts Cultural Council Funding.”
               Ann Moritz is principal of Moritz Advisory Group where she has consulted to organizations with an emphasis on cultural and educational priorities. She co-design the program Building Alliances across Race for Woman Leaders. Ann serves on the Executive Committee of Commonwealth Compact, as well as the Steering Committee of Boston Busing/Desegregation Project. The annual Gospel Night at the Boston Pops began with the initiative of a BSO Diversity Committee that Ann helped design. Ann served as trustee for Outward Bound in Boston, where she developed and led the board’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She devoted most of her 12+ years at the Boston Globe supervising its Human Relations operations. Ann serves as adjunct facility at Lesley University.
               The Boston Cultural Council has begun evaluating applications for the 2015 grant funding cycle and will announce recipients for grants totaling $320,000 in February.