A smiling woman with shoulder-length dark hair looks at the camera. She is wearing a sleeveless purple patterned top, gold hoop earrings, and layered gold necklaces. The background appears to be an indoor event space with neutral-colored walls and stacked chairs.

Mara Harwel

Operations + Exec Coaching

Led a 30-person national operations team across 19 campuses and 13 states through a period of expansion from 500 to 5,000 students

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Your Partner in How

  • Operations strategy for growing, multi-site organizations
  • Project management capacity building for internal teams
  • Executive coaching and thought partnership for senior leaders
  • Scaling teams and systems through periods of rapid growth

What People Say about Mara’s Work

“Mara was unquestionably my thought partner on budget proposals, written materials, and the person I looked to when I needed support strengthening or clarifying a position I wanted to take within the larger institution.”
Former senior leader, Relay Graduate School of Education

Why Helia LOVES Mara

Mara Harwel is the type of doer who knows what she’s good at and, when she’s doing those things, gets them done with a level of confidence and competence that we rarely see. We like leaders who work side by side with their teams to make change, and that’s the exact kind of leader Mara is!

Mara finds joy + ease in

Dance parties with anyone who will join and open water swimming (not at the same time).

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