Kerry Morrison has served Los Angeles for over four decades through her professional career and involvement in civic and nonprofit organizations. Professionally, she has been involved in economic revitalization and community-building through her work managing two business improvement districts in Hollywood. She also worked for over a decade in housing and public policy with the CA Association of REALTORS.
Her involvement in homeless policy and systems change is exemplified by service on the LAHSA Commission, the LA Chamber/United Way Business Leader’s TF to End Homelessness, the city’s HHH Citizens Oversight Committee, the board of The Center in Hollywood and the founding of Hollywood 4WRD, a coalition to end homelessness in Hollywood.
Kerry received a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from USC and a BS in Political Science from Santa Clara University. She was a Coro Southern CA public affairs fellow and more recently a Stanton Fellow, awarded by the Durfee Foundation. She currently leads a small nonprofit, Heart Forward LA, which believes that radical hospitality can transform the American mental health system.