Katherine “Kathy” Sarlson (she/her) brings more than 35 years of experience in fundraising, strategic planning, and organizational capacity building to her work as a consultant with Evolve. She partners with organizations to strengthen their long-term sustainability through strategic approaches to planned and major gifts, endowment development, and campaign planning.

Before joining Evolve, Kathy served as National Director of Life & Legacy, leading efforts to help communities across North America build endowments through legacy giving. A nationally recognized expert in planned giving, she previously served as Associate Vice President of Planned Giving at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, where she grew planned giving from $10 million to $35 million in just six years. Kathy has also held senior leadership roles with Federation Housing, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

She holds an A.B. from the University of Michigan, an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.