MasterMinds Award, Dallas Observer, 2011
U.S. Green Building Council North Texas Chapter Green Ribbon Award for advocacy leadership, 2011, 2010
Preservation Dallas Green Rehab Award, 2009
Rhode Island Foundation Fellowship for outstanding executive directors, 2004
Mayor David Cicilline proclaimed Catherine Horsey Day in Providence, 2004
American Institute of Architects Rhode Island Award for Exemplary Service to the Community, 2003
Fellow, Brown University Institute for Humanities, 2002
Mayor Ron Kirk proclaimed Catherine Horsey Day in Dallas, 2000