{"id":102,"date":"2026-04-21T17:26:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evolvemgmtsrvc.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:55:14","slug":"meet-our-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evolve-services.net\/?page_id=102","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ed2705a5c915f4ac63e3c1d3aa076a5\"><strong>meet our founder<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-00a3c590 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/evolve-services.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shared-image-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"shared image\" class=\"wp-image-112 size-full\" title=\"Meet Our Founder\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolve-services.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shared-image-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/evolve-services.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shared-image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/evolve-services.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shared-image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/evolve-services.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shared-image-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/evolve-services.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shared-image-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/evolve-services.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shared-image-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/evolve-services.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shared-image-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-superbfont-medium-font-size wp-elements-f05c58552337a01b24af732024c074f4 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lakeyshia Crummel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d33501e015d7615ec4f67fafd1ea7af wp-block-paragraph\">Founder &amp; Chief Visionary Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c5bdb98ebd8e58cc79b1265419e9761f wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Built from Experience. Driven by Purpose.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.gb-6aad2d6649c67{line-height: 1.4!important;font-size: 14px!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"gb-6aad2d6649c67 has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-953272e020f1b644dce2592afd1c99e9 wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeyshia Crummel didn&#8217;t set out to start a consulting firm. She set out to solve a problem she kept seeing throughout a 20-year career in specialty insurance. Programs with real potential that couldn&#8217;t sustain themselves because the underwriting infrastructure wasn&#8217;t built to last.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.gb-6aad2d6653676{font-size: 14px!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"gb-6aad2d6653676 has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2ac866f2e1551695909e17bdb189296f wp-block-paragraph\">So, she built the firm she wished had existed.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.gb-6aad2d6657ef1{font-size: 14px!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"gb-6aad2d6657ef1 has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6692971acccadc1236f6655e02037c87 wp-block-paragraph\">Evolve Management Services was founded in April 2025 with a simple but powerful premise: that technical excellence and genuine partnership are not mutually exclusive. That a boutique firm can bring the same rigor, discipline, and strategic depth as a major carrier and do it with more responsiveness, more ownership, and more heart.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-667c21120abbfb601ae9a2e6e869ed49 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Career Built in the Deep End<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.gb-6aad2d665bbd4{font-size: 14px!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"gb-6aad2d665bbd4 has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bd7922bc10ac5f853485472a63f3cbe4 wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeyshia&#8217;s path through the insurance industry was never surface-level and it wasn&#8217;t a straight line either.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.gb-6aad2d665fc24{font-size: 14px!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"gb-6aad2d665fc24 has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0078e997b82f78275143e95b0307f355 wp-block-paragraph\">She began her career at Nationwide, where she managed agency portfolios across Pennsylvania and Connecticut, drove more than $4.2 million in loss impact improvement, and learned what disciplined underwriting looks like at scale.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.gb-6aad2d666450f{font-size: 14px!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"gb-6aad2d666450f has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-baccd997f835958a8d7b9e6d2833c3e5 wp-block-paragraph\">In 2015, she made a deliberate pivot. She stepped away from insurance to serve as Director of Development at Brethren Housing Association, an organization that had once served her. As a young mother who had her first child in high school, BHA had been part of her foundation. She graduated from their program upon finishing high school and leaving for college. Returning as a leader years later wasn&#8217;t just a career move. It was a full-circle moment that cemented the values she carries into every professional relationship: accountability, stewardship, and genuine investment in people&#8217;s futures.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.gb-6aad2d66689b5{font-size: 14px!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"gb-6aad2d66689b5 has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cc900b6f232c59990093975b7aaaef00 wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, she returned to insurance with a sharper sense of purpose. At The Doctors Company, she managed an $8M portfolio and generated over $500K in new premium in a single year. At CURI, she was promoted three times in four years, ultimately leading a $25M MPL portfolio and guiding complex risk decisions on submissions ranging from $1M to $30M. Before founding Evolve, she served as Vice President of Underwriting &amp; Operations at the Care Professional Liability Association, where she led enterprise underwriting operations and strengthened national carrier and broker relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.gb-6aad2d666c755{font-size: 14px!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"gb-6aad2d666c755 has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eb4618206486b547d65f6db0d85ef85e wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty years in the industry. A journey that includes nonprofit leadership, community roots, and portfolios measured in the tens of millions. And through all of it, one consistent thread: the belief that the best work comes from people who are genuinely invested in the outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13ac89d7cc5e6eb0bc7e2256f0c88fac wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What She Believes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-879f12e05873e3f3a754a6032a895d48 wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeyshia founded Evolve on four core principles that aren&#8217;t just wall art. They&#8217;re the standard she holds herself and her team to every day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa0ebea7f71ab4ea875467cdd2f5d7aa wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Communication &amp; Alignment<\/strong> \u2014 Understanding what success actually looks like for each client before a single recommendation is made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2bbc28be1b548e882dd6a2ef450af38f wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Resilience &amp; Execution<\/strong> \u2014 Showing up with consistency and energy, especially when programs are under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-40961640e2595bb821596a864eeed3d6 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ownership &amp; Strategy<\/strong> \u2014 Taking full responsibility for outcomes and providing clients with a clear, honest roadmap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-40bbfb618bd157c72a9d3f01bfe62f19 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stewardship &amp; Excellence<\/strong> \u2014 Treating every portfolio like it matters, because it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8ae98583740103ea097d25dd15b36ae0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Beyond the Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6c6d023a729073192f864bc22c4cc5f9 wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeyshia is a published contributor to <em>Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won&#8217;t Last But Tough People Will<\/em>.  A fitting title for someone who has built and protected something meaningful through real adversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-38a838716e9f8797849032f1e0aef946 wp-block-paragraph\">She served as Chairperson and Board Member of Oasis Community Partnership for a decade and has been an active contributor to organizations focused on community stability and student welfare. She holds a Master&#8217;s in Administration of Human Services from Wilmington University, a B.S. in Business Administration from Shippensburg University, and a Women&#8217;s Entrepreneurship Certificate from Cornell University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e1a62bb431b295051454cda65fc8e7c7 wp-block-paragraph\">She is a licensed Kentucky Resident Producer in Property &amp; Casualty and Life, Accident &amp; Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c22c9756680d858dac8a49130069870e wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Note on Partnership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a0911ff35ea6c727c018e6dcafa3570 wp-block-paragraph\">Evolve&#8217;s clients don&#8217;t get a vendor. They get a partner who has sat in the seat, managed the portfolios, navigated the audits, and understands what&#8217;s actually at stake. Lakeyshia brings that perspective to every engagement, whether it&#8217;s a one-hour advisory session or a long-term strategic retainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f16bcf333d6a328ce5e57d2a04315175 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>No assumptions. No shortcuts. Just disciplined, execution-focused partnership.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.gb-6aad2d66708ef{font-size: 16px;}@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.gb-6aad2d66708ef{font-size: 14px!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"gb-6aad2d66708ef has-text-align-center has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size wp-elements-6c939ad8eb5eddc6db111696b2f0a4a3 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\ud83d\udccd Louisville, KY | Serving clients nationwide<\/em> <em>\ud83d\udcde 502-232-2499<\/em> <em>\u2709\ufe0f <a href=\"mailto:lakeyshia@evolve-services.net\">lakeyshia@evolve-services.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-btn__default-btn uagb-btn-tablet__default-btn uagb-btn-mobile__default-btn uagb-block-d17805a9\"><div class=\"uagb-buttons__wrap uagb-buttons-layout-wrap \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-b691b59b wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/evolve-services.net\/?page_id=101\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">Meet our team<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>meet our founder Lakeyshia Crummel Founder &amp; Chief Visionary Officer Built from Experience. 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