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About Us
Susan Lawrence, M.D., Founder and Executive Director, The
Catalyst Foundation
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Susan Lawrence entered Barnard
College at the age of 14 to escape a troubled family. She was inspired
and mentored by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the South African surgeon
who performed the world’s first human heart transplant. Susan entered
Baylor College of Medicine at 18. A rotation in medical oncology drew
her to work with the terminally ill. She became a board certified
internist and medical oncologist and opened her practice of medical
oncology in Lancaster, California, in 1985.
When many local doctors declined to treat people living with AIDS,
Susan welcomed those patients into her practice. In 1992 she and her
husband, Sonny Bartz (who passed on due to AIDS the following year),
launched The Catalyst Foundation. Susan closed her private medical
practice and became Catalyst’s full time Executive Director; currently,
in addition to the Creating a Healing Society program, Catalyst provides
free medical care and supportive services to people living with HIV
and/or Hepatitis C. Susan is grateful to have been able to use the
difficulties of her life to be of service to others through the development
of The Catalyst Foundation, especially the Creating a Healing Society
program.
David Mashore, Creating a Healing Society Program Director, The
Catalyst Foundation
David Mashore grew up in the small town of Quartz Hill, California.
With very few resources and a challenging upbringing, David has gone
on to own and operate a successful worldwide business for over ten
years. David’s business training includes Total Quality Management and
Team Leadership skills that contribute to his unique personal
empowerment leadership style.
David has worked as consultant, teacher and business entrepreneur, and
has 23 years experience as a martial arts practitioner, attaining the much-
coveted Black Belt in the Okinawa-Te martial arts system. He has 20
yearsexperience as a martial arts instructor for adults and children, and
has developed an innovative training program for young children.
David’s background includes growth through a very difficult past, as
well as a deep interest in and profound experiences with spirituality. He
has been an important mentor for many people, and has a strong desire
to make positive change in individuals and society. These are among the
many invaluable elements he brings to the Creating a Healing Society
program.
Proud husband and father of two girls, and grandfather of three, David
and his wife Debi have lived in Lancaster, California since 1989. In
January 2005, David closed his business to devote himself full-time to
this work, as The Catalyst Foundation’s Director of the Creating a
Healing Society Program.
Catalyst Foundation
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Susan Lawrence entered Barnard
College at the age of 14 to escape a troubled family. She was inspired
and mentored by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the South African surgeon
who performed the world’s first human heart transplant. Susan entered
Baylor College of Medicine at 18. A rotation in medical oncology drew
her to work with the terminally ill. She became a board certified
internist and medical oncologist and opened her practice of medical
oncology in Lancaster, California, in 1985.
When many local doctors declined to treat people living with AIDS,
Susan welcomed those patients into her practice. In 1992 she and her
husband, Sonny Bartz (who passed on due to AIDS the following year),
launched The Catalyst Foundation. Susan closed her private medical
practice and became Catalyst’s full time Executive Director; currently,
in addition to the Creating a Healing Society program, Catalyst provides
free medical care and supportive services to people living with HIV
and/or Hepatitis C. Susan is grateful to have been able to use the
difficulties of her life to be of service to others through the development
of The Catalyst Foundation, especially the Creating a Healing Society
program.
David Mashore, Creating a Healing Society Program Director, The
Catalyst Foundation
David Mashore grew up in the small town of Quartz Hill, California.
With very few resources and a challenging upbringing, David has gone
on to own and operate a successful worldwide business for over ten
years. David’s business training includes Total Quality Management and
Team Leadership skills that contribute to his unique personal
empowerment leadership style.
David has worked as consultant, teacher and business entrepreneur, and
has 23 years experience as a martial arts practitioner, attaining the much-
coveted Black Belt in the Okinawa-Te martial arts system. He has 20
yearsexperience as a martial arts instructor for adults and children, and
has developed an innovative training program for young children.
David’s background includes growth through a very difficult past, as
well as a deep interest in and profound experiences with spirituality. He
has been an important mentor for many people, and has a strong desire
to make positive change in individuals and society. These are among the
many invaluable elements he brings to the Creating a Healing Society
program.
Proud husband and father of two girls, and grandfather of three, David
and his wife Debi have lived in Lancaster, California since 1989. In
January 2005, David closed his business to devote himself full-time to
this work, as The Catalyst Foundation’s Director of the Creating a
Healing Society Program.
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