Your membership in AWF’s Catalyst Society strengthens the network of comprehensive services offered to economically vulnerable women in the metro Atlanta community, helping to move them to economic self-sufficiency and security. Catalyst Society Members fund strategic grantmaking driven by our collective impact model, helping lift more women and girls out of poverty. Your giving helps fund the cohorts to enable our grantee partners’ success. Memberships begin with $1,000 in cumulative support.
Catalyst Society Membership Levels
Each level includes the preceding level’s benefits.
Catalyst Member
$1,000 to $2,499
- A Catalyst Society member pin.
- Name recognition in an annual impact report.
- Name recognition on the AWF website.
Empowerment Leader
$2,500 to $9,999
- Invitation to attend a mission-related event. (during COVID, events will be limited to virtual experiences)
- Personalized annual impact report.
Pathway Visionary
$10,000 & Above
- Special recognition at AWF events.
- Customized funding opportunities available.
*Gifts are cumulative through each calendar year (January 1-December 31).
Catalyst Society Members
Gifts received during calendar year 2021 as of November 15, 2021.
Pathway Visionary
Kristin R. Adams
Dr. Juliet Asher and Mr. Michael Golden
Elizabeth K. Blake, Esq.
Arthur Blank
Janine Brown
Rosemary Brown
Delia Cochran
Thomas G. Cousins and Ann Cousins
Ilene Engel
Tammy Farley
Stanley Friedman
Mary C. Gill
Deborah L. Goodman
Libby Gozansky
Etta Raye Hirsch
Meredith Leapley
Marcia Miller
Dr. Linah A. Neighbors and Mr. Matthew B. Jollay
Susan Puett
Becky Schmitt
Anne Joyner Sheehan
Charlie Simpson
Catherine Simpson
K. Michele Sims
Ellen W. Smith
Elizabeth Spears
Lucy Carpenter Vance
Mr. John Wieland
Empowerment Leader
Elaine B. Alexander and Miles J. Alexander
Anne Bailey
Marcy A. Bass
Shannon Baxter
Holly Bradford
Lucinda W. Bunnen
Julie Champion
Ann W. Cramer
Cari K. Dawson
Diane Durgin
Steven Fisher
Roberta (Bobbie) Golden, Ph.D.
Stacey Gorman
Margaret Graff
Julie B. Hairston
Erin and Matt Harris
Jennifer Hightower
Elizabeth K. Hinson
Sarah Howard
Becky Powhatan Kelley
Fran Levine
Shaney Lokken
Sally McDaniel
Margaret N. Mermin, M.D.
Caroline E. Moise
Susanne Muntzing
Elizabeth Hardy Noe
Patrick O'Rouke
Lindsey Parker
Jannquell C. Peters
Catherine Pfeiffenberger
Shirley Powell
Sujatha Reddy M.D.
Rohith Reddy
Dr. Damoder Pati Reddy and Soumitri Reddy
Donna E. Schwartz
Lisa Cannon Taylor
Judith G. Taylor
Bentina Chisolm Terry
Terri Theisen
Patricia Thompson
Mark D. Wasserman
Glenn A. Wells
Catalyst Member
Reverend Joanna M. Adams
Dev Ahuja
Charles Alderman
Nguyen Allen
Heather Baldino
Margaret Balzer
Fiona Bell
Ms. Carolyn A. Bibb and Ms. Susan E. Yandel
Susan Bonds
Gloria Brooks
Heather D. Brown
Beth and Jim Broyles
Mandy Burnette
Erin Carper
Elizabeth Clark
Susana Maria Chavez
Edie Cofrin
Leah Cole
Karen Coker
Carol Z. Cooper
Marianne Cordora and Mary Larkin
Quiana Curry
Anne Deeley Easterly
Mary Deluca
Constance and David Dimling
Fran Dixon
Kelly Dolan
Sharon Fanto Smith
Lindsey Fenton
Lori Foley, CMA, CMM , PHR
Greer Gallagher
Karissa George
Belinda Givens
Katie S. Goodman
Leanne Gould
Tracy Grace
Lauren Grien
Melissa Hall
Michal Hart Hillman
Eric Holtzclaw
Michelle Horstemeyer
Valerie Richardson Jackson
George and Janet Johnson
Susan Joseph
Jesse Killings
Kimberly Kitchens
Danita V. Knight
Beatriz Landa
John L. Latham
John C. Lee
Katie Leonard
Felicia LeRay
Sarah Lopez and Frank Ostrowski
Stefanie Lopez-Howard
Dana Maine
Shannon Martin
Caroline Mayson
Erin McCandless
Sheryl Meddin
Glenda Blum Minkin
Meredith Moore
Monica Nixon
Leslie Nunn
Marco A. Palmieri
Ganesh R. Panneer
Amy Pauls
Kelly Phillips
Elizabeth Pierson
Robin Pollack
Judy A. Powell
Sonali Rao
Stephanie Rauls
Lativia Ray-Alston
Amy Rich
Emily-May Richards
John Roberts
Anne Ruggles
Melissa Rutten
Mary Beth Saylor
Beth S. Schapiro and Janet L. Womack
Katherine Scott
Sabrina Sexton
Samantha Smith
Julie Swanger
Shelley M. Sweazey
Allison Toller
Judi V. Tompkins
Betsy Vos Reeves
Wendy and Rex Walden
Blaise Warren
Kathleen Wasch
Jacqueline Wills
Vanessa Windham
Kristy Wintzell
Lani Lee Wong
Margaret Wright
Kristen Yarbou
Stephanie Young
Krystal Zell