PBO: Board of Directors

Catherine (Kit) Leland
Gala Committee

Board member since: 2006

Bio: A transplant from New York City, Kit is an interior design consultant and principal of Buttrick Interiors in Berkeley. She has been involved in the design business for 15 years, including working in the interiors department at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Backen & Gillam Architects and Buttrick White & Burtis. Prior to catching the design bug (Kit comes from 4 generations of architects) she worked as an associate producer in public television for WNET-NY. Kit has a B.A. from Boston College and is a former fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Other volunteer activities: Friends of the Berkeley Rose Garden

Special Interests: cooking, water coloring, hiking, traveling

Instruments: piano, clarinet - once upon a time

Favorite composer: Handel, Bach, Schubert, Clapton