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Guided by the vision of MacArthur “Genius Grant” awardee Bill Strickland, the Belfast Centre for Arts & Technology will bring a proven model for transformative, employer-demand-led career training & youth development to Belfast.

Executive Summary

Three Year Financial Forecast

Other Centers Guided by Bill Strickland's Vision

Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology (BCAT)

Established 2013
Chicago Center for Arts & Technology (ChiCAT)
Established 2017
Erie Center for Arts & Technology (ECAT)

Established 2018
Hope Center for Arts and Technology, Inc (HopeCAT)

Established 2015
New England Culinary Arts Training (NECAT)

Established 2010
West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT)

Established 2005

Our Board

Steve Orr

Board President

CEO and Board Member of Catalyst
Leigh Meyer

Board Treasurer

Former Site Lead and Managing Director, Citigroup’s Belfast office
Deirdre MacBride

Board Secretary

Former Director of Cultural Diversity at the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council
Caroline Armstrong

Board Member

CEO, Ulster Garden Villages Limited
Stephen Douds

Board Member
Television Producer
Former Vice Chair, Lyric Theatre
Prof. M. Satish Kumar

Board Member

Dean of Queen’s University Belfast – GIFT City Campus, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Bharat, and Professor of Global Development and Social Transformation
Duncan Morrow

Board Member

Director of Community Engagement and Professor, Ulster University

Our Supporters

Steve Sarowitz

Philanthropist
Founder, Chicago Center for Arts & Technology (ChiCAT)
Founder & Chair Emeritus, Paylocity
John R. McGinley Jr.

Board Chair, The Pittsburgh Foundation
Of Counsel, Eckert Seamans
The Strickland Global Leadership Institute

Founded by Bill Strickland to support the network of vocational training & youth arts centers guided by his vision, help communities start new centers, and train people in how to start and lead centers.

For more information, please contact us at BelCATCentre@gmail.com.