Catalyst Society

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The Catalyst Society provides special recognition to our leadership donors. Catalyst Society Members help 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 from individuals.

Catalyst Society Recognition Levels & Benefits

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.
  • Personalized impact reports when available.

Pathway Visionary

$10,000 & Above 

  • Special recognition at AWF events.

Generation Builder

$25,000 & Above 

  • Customized funding opportunities available.

*Gifts are cumulative through each calendar year (January 1-December 31).

Catalyst Society Members

Gifts received during calendar year 2023

Generation Builder

Liz Blake

Janine Brown

Rosemary Brown

Caroline Irvine

Meredith Leapley

Dr. Sujatha Reddy

Mr. John Wieland

Pathway Visionary

Kristin R. Adams

Juliet Asher

Alice Ball

Edith Cofrin

Cari Dawson

 

 

Fiona Bell

Susana Chavez

Ilene Engel

Deborah Goodman

Etta Raye Hirsch

Marcia Miller

Susan Puett

Anne Sheehan

K. Michele Sims

Lucy Carpenter Vance

Empowerment Leader

Elaine B. Alexander

Carolyn Zander Alford

Nguyen Allen

Claire Lewis Arnold

Ronald and Wendy Bell

Ms. Carolyn A. Bibb and Ms. Susan E. Yandel

Holly Bradford

Connie Buchanan

Craig Carpenito

Carol Z. Cooper

Ann W. Cramer

Ethan P. Davis

Steven Ewing

Tamara Farley

Kaye Fealing

Jennifer Feld

Steven Fisher

Ronald J. Freeman, Sr. and Gwen H. Freeman

Lori Gelchion

Tana Ackerly Gildea

Mary C. Gill

Roberta (Bobbie) Golden, Ph.D.

Libby Gozansky

Cynthia Hayes

Stephanie Herring

Yendelela Holston

Monique Honaman

Michelle Horstemeyer

Jessica Hutto

Becky Powhatan Kelley

Kaitlin Kress

Michael Lawings

Kelley Lips

Chip Little

Margot and Danny McCaul

Myra McElhaney

Andrew J. Murphy

Nikki Novotny

Regina Olchowski

Kate Pearch

Joanna Price

Rohith Reddy

Becky Schmitt

Leslie Schneider

Jodi Selvey

Ellen W. Smith

Africa Stewart

Judith G. Taylor

Mary Taylor

Bentina Chisolm Terry

Judi V. Tompkins

Ray Uttenhove

Blaise Warren

Steven D. Watts

Liz Wolfe

Helen Zalik

Catalyst Member

Brad Akins

Judy and Dick Allison

Cecilia Andrews

Rhona Applebaum

Rona Ashe

Pedro Avgustin

Susan Prager Banner

Marcy A. Bass

Deborah Battaglia

Ms. Shannon Baxter

Sally Silverman Beamer

Janet Bittner

Jennifer B. Bodner

Amy Bentsen Boring

Celeste Bottorff

Cynthia Bridges

Elizabeth Burdette

Mandy Burnette

Barbara J. Casey

Hank and Ali Cobb

Robyn Crittenden

Jordana Crow

Margaret Culp

Layken Culver

Christianne Curran

Sallie Adams Daniel

Alegra Dauwalter

Anne Deeley Easterly

Keith Demmings

Jennifer Dorian

Triska Drake and G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr.

Pam Smith Duerod

Shermika Dunner

James Eady

Vanessa and Michael Erbrick

Beyron Erby

Gail Hirschorn Evans

Shameka Fahie

Jeremy Fletcher

Catherine Fox

Suzanne Foy

John Freeman

Leslie Galloway

Francesca D. Gary

Sabrina Gibson

Windi Glogowski

Daniel Gordon

Leanne Gould

Emi Gragnani

Lauren Grien

Nancy G. Hall

Melissa Hall

Nancy D. Halwig

Judy Hamilton

Erin Harris

Tish Harrison

Susan Hawkins

Michael Hayford

Uma Haynes

Anna Katharyn Hendrix

Vann Herring

Lauren Herron

Allison Hill

Elizabeth K. Hinson

Joanna Irwin

Rose Hunter Jones

Eleanor Jones

Alicia Grahn Jones

Susan Joseph

Mrs. Lori Kilberg

Ann Klamon

Ashley Nicole Klein

Danita V. Knight

Molly and Ken Kress

Sheri Labovitz

Heather D. Lamb

Jenny Lambert

Judy Morris Lampert

Danyelle Lantz

Carmen Lawrence

Carrie Lawson

Don Layden Jr.

Fontaine Lee

Stephen R. Leeds

Fran Levine

Lynn Lewis

Shaney Lokken

The Honorable Elizabeth Long

Kari Brown Love

Monika Loving

Gary Mann

Jamila Mayfield

Letitia A. McDonald

Sheryl Meddin

Gene Mergelmeyer

Margaret N. Mermin, M.D.

Dori Miller

Susan L. Miller

Anthony Miller

Glenda Blum Minkin

Jennifer Montellanico

Faith Knight Myers

Andree Neddermeyer

Monica Nixon

Elizabeth Hardy Noe

Leslie Nunn

Timothy Oliver

Katrina Panovich

Lindsey Parker

Amy Pauls

Elizabeth Peacher

Brooke Perez

Tonya O. Plear

Libby Pollock

Andy Pratt

Francesca Luthi Previtali

Helen Smith Price

Bonnie Rabe

Vijay Raju

Leila Rao

Lativia Ray-Alston

Tim Redding

Bethany M. Rezek

Russell Richards

Brandy and Jacob Riherd

Shea Roberts

Mary Beth Saylor

Beth S. Schapiro and Janet L. Womack

Doc A. Schneider and Helen Schneider

Jacquelyn Renée Schneider

Jeanne Schwartz

Carolyn Seabolt

Lokeswer Sekar Uthra

Nishta Sharma

Rebecca Hoelting Short

Kristen Shovlin

Ryan Singer

Tamer Soliman

Debbie Sonenshine

Cynthia Stastny

Meg Stevens

Lauri Strauss

Owen Sullivan

Shelley M. Sweazey

Rhonda Taylor

Terri Theisen

Melissa Touchstone

Julie Turner

Mike Valenzuela

Christa Van Zant

Betsy Vos Reeves

Kathy Waller

Erica Werts

Suzann Wilcox

Fenella Wild

Cheryl Williams

Jacqueline Wills

Carolyn Wilson

Joyce Winborn

Margaret Wright

John Yates