Bio

Catherine M. Merritt
PR Coordinator
Morton’s The Steakhouse

Catherine Merritt has been with Morton’s The Steakhouse since 2007. Prior to joining Morton’s, she did in-house public relations and marketing support for the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), the Illinois state agency that owns and operates McCormick Place Convention Center and Navy Pier. She has also worked as an event organizer for the Emmy®-nominated PBS series, Antiques Roadshow during the show’s 11th season. Catherine was working as a senior account executive at a boutique PR agency in Chicago’s West Loop before she came on board at Morton’s.

With 81-worldwide Morton’s locations there are always unique, trend-setting, and exciting events taking place at the restaurants. Catherine constantly works with Morton’s 42-local PR firms providing support in generating significant media coverage on both a local and national level. Catherine is also in the midst of coordinating Morton’s 41-city media tour for the upcoming release of Morton’s second cookbook, Morton’s The Cookbook: 100 Steakhouse Recipes for Every Kitchen. In 2008, Catherine organized Morton’s PR Conference which flew in a representative from each of Morton’s local PR firms with a major emphasis on PR as it relates to online and social media. Enhancing Morton’s presence via Web 2.0 initiatives is another area Catherine is very committed to.

Although managing 42-worldwide PR firms might be a daunting task for some, Catherine attributes her outgoing personality and positive attitude to her success. Catherine jokes, “My first words were, ‘Hi there’ when I was only nine-months-old, so it was pretty clear from the start that my future would be in communications.”

When she’s not working to promote Morton’s or attending an event at one of the seven Chicagoland locations, Catherine enjoys spending time with her husband and their dog in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, where they live.

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