Catherine Morgen has been appointed as Director at Castell Project, Inc.
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP (MMM), a full service AmLaw 200 firm, is pleased to announce that Partner Catherine Morgen has been appointed to the Board of Directors for Castell Project, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the careers of women professionals in the hospitality industry. Morgen, who is a partner in MMM's Commercial Real Estate Development, Finance and Hospitality Practices in Atlanta, joins the three-year-old organization in its goal to ensure that women move to 1-in-3 executive positions of power and influence in the industry, as well as the organization's "Ladder Up" capital campaign that has a goal of raising $1 million dollars to help women climb the corporate ladder.
For the past two years, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP and Castell Project, Inc. co-sponsored a mentoring event at the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference which targeted up-and-coming female leaders in the hospitality industry, by focusing on specific industry topics and providing advice on growing networks. The participation for the event has grown each year and the organizations expect that to continue in 2020 and beyond.
Morgen focuses on representing real estate clients with an emphasis on the hospitality industry. She represents developers, owners and managers of hotel properties in acquisitions, dispositions and mergers, developing their properties, negotiating hotel management agreements, franchise agreements and technical services agreements, arranging financing, and leasing. Morgen also serves as chair of MMM's Women's Initiative.