Kayla brings over a decade of experience in nonprofit development to her clients at Evolve, making her a strategic partner for organizations ready to elevate their fundraising results. Specializing in capital and annual campaign planning, donor relations, and campaign communications, she has a strong track record of fostering meaningful connections between organizations and their supporters—delivering measurable fundraising growth that drives mission impact. Kayla’s portfolio includes educational, social service, and health and human service organizations.

Clients value Kayla’s hands-on experience with capital campaigns, both as a consultant and an in-house leader, including a transformative $1.5 billion campus-wide campaign at the University of Maryland where she demonstrated her ability to guide and optimize large-scale, complex fundraising initiatives. Kayla honed her fundraising expertise at organizations including National Network to End Domestic Violence, Children’s National Medical Center, and House of Ruth Maryland, Inc., where she led individual giving programs and mastered moves management, major gifts, digital fundraising, event planning, database management, prospect research, and donor communications. 

Kayla’s experience in corporate and foundation cultivation and stewardship positions her as a versatile and results-oriented fundraising professional. She holds a Master of Public Administration in Nonprofit Management from the University of Baltimore and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Morgan State University.