Harwood Catalytic Guide Program

The Harwood Catalytic Guide Program is our most intensive and impactful learning experience—like a “practical PhD” in creating and catalyzing change.

Foundations, nonprofits, and even major corporations have sent teams of people through the Harwood Catalytic Guide Program to spark and grow a wider movement for change in their organization or community.

In 13 two-hour virtual sessions, you will:

  • Develop the catalytic mindset and behaviors that enable you personally to be more intentional, strategic, and effective

  • Use catalytic tools to guide others and more intentionally track your growth and impact

  • Learn to drive organizational-, network-, or community-wide efforts

Qualities of a Harwood Catalytic Guide

Seeks clarity. Makes intentional discernments. An avid learner and doer. Highly self-aware.

Cohorts

  • Damary Bonilla-Rodriguez
    Dr. Damary Bonilla-Rodriguez and Associates LLC
    Harwood Affiliate

    Auria Bradley
    Reading Area Community College
    Reading, PA

    Kathleen "Penny" Christian
    Prichard Committee For Academic Excellence & KY PTA
    Lexington, KY

    Laura Cordero
    Centro Hispano Daniel Torres, Inc.
    Reading, PA

    Robin Crombie
    United Way Greater Toronto
    United Way Greater Toronto

    Migdalia Perez Garcia
    Communities in Schools of Eastern PA
    Reading, PA

    Tolanda Jones
    Operation Shoestring
    Jackson, MS

    Ma'at Lands
    Rooted School Indianapolis
    Harwood Affiliate

    Enjuelle Livingston
    Harwood Affiliate

    Sharon Mast
    Spark Solutions & Support, Training, and Facilitation
    Reading, PA

    Alexandra "Alex" Melnick
    Operation Shoestring
    Jackson, MS

    Stacie Molnar-Main
    Harwood Affiliate

    Gerri Nakirigya Lutaaya
    United Way Greater Toronto
    United Way Greater Toronto

    Natasha Noel
    Mitan Consulting, Inc.
    Harwood Affiliate

    Raj Sooknanan
    United Way Greater Toronto
    United Way Greater Toronto

    Valencia Stone
    Learning Abilities Education Consultant Co.
    Harwood Affiliate

    Adina Tatum
    Julietta Market
    Lexington, KY

    Sandi Trillo
    United Way Greater Toronto
    United Way Greater Toronto

    Juneeja Varghese
    United Way Greater Toronto
    United Way Greater Toronto

    Devin Winsett
    Refill Jackson Initiative
    Jackson, MS

  • Cheri Coryea
    The Patterson Foundation
    DeSoto County, FL

    Ashley Covington
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Andrew Della Rocca
    Manifestara Coaching and Consulting, LLC.
    Harwood Affiliate

    Alicia Exantus
    The Patterson Foundation
    DeSoto County, FL

    Nicole Hilton
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Yvette Hunsicker
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Brooke Gill
    Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence
    Lexington, KY

    Tracey Grayzer
    Impact Alamance
    Alamance County, NC

    Marcy Green
    Impact Alamance
    Alamance County, NC

    Liza Holland
    Holland Management Services
    Lexington, KY

    Tyronna “Ty” Hooker
    Impact Alamance
    Alamance County, NC

    Brittany Kendricks
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Samantha Lynch
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Marilyn McGrone-Conley
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Kris Nelson
    Durham College
    Harwood Affiliate

    Sherry Oehler
    The Patterson Foundation
    DeSoto, County FL

    Meredith Reffey
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Katie Swenson
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Emma Ter-Saakova
    Honda USA Foundation
    Honda

    Jewel Tillman
    Impact Alamance
    Alamance County, NC

    Bobbie Trittschuh
    Honda USA Foundation
    Honda

  • David Baumgartner
    Tresane, LLC
    Harwood Affiliate

    Jennifer Bowser
    Arcadia-DeSoto County Habitat for Humanity
    DeSoto County, FL

    Ashley Coone
    The Patterson Foundation
    DeSoto County, FL

    Hope Cross
    Cultivating Hope
    DeSoto County, FL

    Jennifer “Jen” D'Annunzio
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc
    Honda

    Tessa Fite
    United Way of Union County
    Union County, OH

    Sandra Fletcher
    ALIGN Coaching & Consulting, LLC
    Harwood Affiliate

    Carrie Fuller
    Grants On Point
    DeSoto County, FL

    Brandi Hibbs
    United Way of Union County
    Union County, OH

    Melissa Hirstein
    The Patterson Foundation
    DeSoto County, FL

    Matt Howells
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc
    Honda

    Gabby Levet
    The Harwood Institute
    Harwood Affiliate

    Amanda Reuter
    Hope DeSoto Long Term Recovery Group, Inc.
    DeSoto County, FL

    Scottie Seawell
    Leading and Governing Associates, Inc.
    Alamance County, NC

    Marla Smith
    The Patterson Foundation
    DeSoto County, FL

    Esteban Valenzuela
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc
    Honda

    Rachel Wade
    The Harwood Institute
    Harwood Affiliate

    Kurt Ward
    Pastor of Northside Fellowship & Co-Host of HOPE 104.5 FM
    Alamance County, NC

    Jennifer West
    City of Jackson, MS
    Jackson, MS

    Cheryl Wilder
    Burlington Writers
    Alamance County, NC

    Teresa Wiley
    Community Care of North Carolina
    Alamance County, NC

  • Clara Alvarez
    The Patterson Foundation
    DeSoto County, FL

    Sophia Antoine
    Sacred Sunflower Wellness Solutions
    DeSoto County, FL

    Dave Bezusko
    United Way of Logan County
    Logan County, OH

    Ryan Bowie
    The Avalon Theatre
    Union County, OH

    Nick Brake
    Western Kentucky University
    Owensboro, KY

    Jennifer Bressler
    Reading Public Library
    Reading, PA

    Magaly Cobian
    Ancillary Legal Corporation
    Harwood Affiliate

    Stacy Edds-Ellis
    Greater Owensboro Leadership Institute
    Owensboro, KY

    Tammy Gump
    Mary Rutan Hospital  
    Logan County , OH

    Adam Hodnichak
    Union County Foundation
    Union County, OH

    Liz London
    Constructive Communities
    Harwood Affiliate

    Trey Pippin
    Greenwell Chisholm
    Owensboro, KY

    Allen Reesor
    DeSoto County, FL

    Derek Robb
    United Way of Logan County
    Logan County, OH

    Michael Robinson
    North Carolina for Community and Justice (NCCJ)
    Alamance County, NC

    Allyson Sanders
    The Party Space Place, LLC. | Owensboro Health
    Owensboro, KY

    Ann-Marie Stout
    The Salvation Army of Reading PA
    Reading, PA

    Kathy Zeller
    Recovery Zone
    Logan County, OH

  • Clara Alvarez
    Catholic Charities
    DeSoto County

    Katie Bock
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio
    Union County

    Douglas Boggs
    Recovery Zone
    Logan County

    Becky Brandle
    Owensboro Human Relations Commission
    Greater Owensboro

    Rafe Buckner
    Northwest Neighborhood Alliance
    Greater Owensboro

    Barbara Couto Sipe
    United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg
    Greater Richmond

    Linzy George
    United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg
    Greater Richmond

    Michael Hillier
    Social Planet
    Australia

    Paul Hunter
    United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg
    Greater Richmond

    Myriam Kalmogho
    United Way of Northern California
    Northern CA

    Tanya Kline
    EmergentWorks Consulting
    Alamance County

    Becca McGillis
    United Way of Logan County
    Logan County

    Christopher McGrath
    America Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Gemma Moore
    The New School of Arts Neighbourhood House
    Australia

    Larry Olmstead
    United Way of Northern California
    Northern CA

    Angie Otto
    United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg
    Greater Richmond

    Matthew Plotkin
    United Way of Northern California
    Northern CA

    Shawn Sech
    Union County Health Department
    Union County

    Nathan Titus
    America Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Rosabeth Heyman Ward
    United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg
    Greater Richmond

    Julie Williams
    Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre
    Australia

    Katina Williams
    United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg
    Greater Richmond

    Emily Woosley
    Foundation for Daviess County Public Schools
    Greater Owensboro

  • Sharon Brisolara
    United Way of Northern California
    Northern CA

    Asha Campbell
    Jrpreneur Brunch
    The Patterson Foundation

    Dawn Charaba
    Reidsville Area Foundation
    Reidsville (Rockingham County)

    Maria Clark
    Maria Clark Photography
    Greater Owensboro

    Wendy Deming
    Bishop-Parker Foundation
    North River Manatee County

    Laura Fahlhafer
    Impact Alamance
    Alamance 

    Eric Hamilton
    DeSoto BOCC Turner Center
    The Patterson Foundation

    Sara Beth Hardy
    Elon University
    Alamance 

    Amber Lamerson
    Bishop-Parker Foundation
    North River Manatee County

    Tango Moore
    Reidsville Area Foundation
    Reidsville (Rockingham County)

    Robert Morton
    United Way of Northern California
    Northern CA

    Amanda Owen
    Puzzle Pieces
    Greater Owensboro

    Roxana Salcedo
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

    Rachel Sullivan
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Honda

Summer 2026

  • Thursday, Jun. 4th – Orientation | 3-5 p.m. ET

  • Thursday, Jun. 11th – Session 1 | 3-5 p.m. ET

  • Thursday, Jun. 18th – Session 2 | 3-5 p.m. ET

  • Thursday, Jun. 25th – Session 3 | 3-5 p.m. ET

  • Wednesday, Jul. 1st – Session 4 | 3-5 p.m. ET  

  • Thursday, Jul. 9th – Session 5 | 3-5 p.m. ET

  • Thursday, Jul. 16th – Session 6 | 2:30-5 p.m. ET

Application Deadline: May 15

  • Thursday, Jul. 23rd – Session 7 | 3-5 p.m. ET

  • Thursday, Jul. 30th – Session 8 | 3-5 p.m. ET

  • Thursday, Aug. 6th – Session 9 | 3-5 p.m. ET

  • Thursday, Aug. 13th – Session 10 | 3-5 p.m. ET

  • Thursday, Aug. 20th – Session 11 |3-5 p.m. ET

  • Thursday, Aug. 27th – Session 12 | 3-5 p.m. ET

Contact Us to Become a Guide

  • The work challenged my definition of catalytic, as well as challenged my definition of what it means to be turned outward. This program helped me to see ways I have continued to hang on to my own agenda. I am now more intentional about setting my personal thoughts aside when engaging others and when looking for solutions to various community problems.

    Harwood Catalytic Guide

  • Before this program I am not sure I ever truly considered my impact. My mindset was very much focused on getting things accomplished (many times just doing things myself) and very project based, without a lot of attention to how the good things I was working on might be amplified if they were part of a larger strategy.

    Harwood Catalytic Guide

MEET OUR PROGRAM TEACHERS

RICH HARWOOD has devoted his 35+ year career to revitalizing the nation’s hardest-hit communities, transforming the world’s largest organizations, and reconnecting institutions like newsrooms and schools to society. He founded The Harwood Institute to equip people, organizations, communities, and networks with the tools to bridge divides, build capacity, and tackle shared challenges.

MARITZA COSCARELLI is a former professional dancer turned professional speaker and certified life and leadership coach. She is the founder of Maritza Coscarelli Coaching. For the Institute, she has served as a Teacher, Community Researcher, and Certified Coach. She delights in guiding others to maximize their potential and put it to use in service of others.

ALFRED DELENA is a member of the Zuni Tribe, lifelong learner, service-oriented striver, growth seeker, and a work in progress. He leads and supports the design, execution, and innovation of various engagements and experiences that teach individuals, groups, networks, and communities the Harwood approach and the Turning Outward practice.

AVA FENELUS is a lifelong educator. In her role at Relay Graduate School of Education, she teaches educators how to create environments where all children learn joyfully. For the Institute, she has served as a Certified Coach, Community Researcher, Teacher, and Lead Coach. Her approach reflects the idea that learning is a path to liberation, power, and love.