Morris Foundation CEO Believes In Leadership By Listening

Arlington TX

20 May, 2022

1:15 PM

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By Bob Francis, Fort Worth Report May 19, 2022 If you ask Elizabeth R. Brands, president and CEO of The Morris Foundation, about her leadership mentors, she quickly points to the two founders of the foundation: Linda C. and Jack B. Morris. "Jack was one of those kids that was born with a deck stacked against him and through persistence and innovation and determination, he set up businesses, and they faltered and he persisted and set them up again and really built a life for him and his family that enabled him to set up the Morris Foundation in the way that it is now present in our city," she said. The Morris Foundation, headquartered in Fort Worth, was founded in 1986 and serves Fort Worth and Tarrant County, focusing its services and support in the areas of education, health care and social services. In 2021, the foundation supported 102 organizations. Brands, head of education at the foundation since 2016, was named president and CEO in March of this year, becoming the third leader in the history of the foundation. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.