By: Treasure Tunnel

When international bestselling author and Earth advocate Katie Augustine set out to launch her newest venture, she had a vision that stretched far beyond traditional consulting. With the introduction of ECS Evolve Consulting Services, Augustine is leveraging her 14 years of coaching experience, combined with her 22-year background as an attorney and risk consultant, to offer nonprofit leaders a model that aims to make a bigger impact—while aiming to reduce their environmental footprint.

Augustine says, “Many leaders want to operate their organizations in ways that create meaningful results while also supporting the planet to thrive. After coaching thousands of clients to elevate their businesses, I’ve learned that when we align with our values and consciousness-based principles, impact can accelerate. ECS Evolve was created to help nonprofit leaders bring collective vision into their strategies so they can maximize their difference, both for their organizations and for the planet.”

The Birth of ECS Evolve

ECS Evolve Consulting Services was founded on the belief that nonprofit organizations have the potential to do more than achieve their immediate goals—they can also contribute to the long-term health of the planet. The Cleveland-based firm specializes in strategic action planning, sustainable frameworks, environmental risk assessments, regenerative solutions, and leadership consulting.

At the heart of the company is its flagship Be The Change™ program, featuring Augustine’s signature EVOLVE 6-Phase Framework. This structured approach helps nonprofit leaders clarify their vision, translate it into actionable steps, and build the collaborative partnerships necessary to amplify their mission.

The EVOLVE Framework in Action

The EVOLVE 6-Phase Framework is more than a consulting tool; it’s a leadership roadmap designed for today’s complex challenges. Each phase builds on the next, ensuring leaders have the mindset, structure, and accountability to pursue success:

• Engage: Ground in personal, organizational, and collective values while shifting into a mindset that supports high-impact execution.
• Vision: Define a clear, holistic vision—for the leader, the organization, and the collective—and pursue it with intention.
• Originate: Translate values and vision into a focused Origin Map with top objectives to tackle over the next 90–120 days.
• Launch: Create and track a detailed action plan with timelines, ownership, and accountability measures.
• Validate: Assess and adjust strategies, streamlining and optimizing processes while retiring non-essential work.
• Expand: Strengthen impact through collaboration, shared resources, and coalition-building to enhance reach and efficiency.

With this framework, ECS Evolve equips leaders not only to meet their goals but also to foster long-term sustainability and cross-sector impact.

A Credibility-Driven Founder

Augustine brings an impressive portfolio of expertise to her new company. She was named one of Cleveland’s Top 15 Coaches by Influence Digest Media in both 2024 and 2025 and is an International Bestselling Author of Cracking the Rich Code, Vol. 12, co-authored with Jim Britt and co-sponsored by Tony Robbins.

Over the course of her career, she has coached thousands of clients worldwide, helping leaders and entrepreneurs elevate their performance with strategies rooted in consciousness teachings and practical execution.

Her professional foundation as a banking attorney, compliance director, and risk consultant provides nonprofit leaders with something rare: a guide who combines technical expertise in governance and risk management with a deep understanding of leadership coaching and organizational culture.

Augustine has also served as a senior coach and faculty member with the Brave Thinking® Institute, training coaches across the globe to start and then scale their businesses as they expand their impact of transformational coaching.

Advocacy at the Core

Augustine’s work is not limited to boardrooms or consulting sessions. She is also an ordained Minister of Walking Prayer® through the Center for Sacred Studies, where she studied for eight years with Indigenous elders. This training has shaped her ability to bring presence, reverence, and cross-cultural wisdom to her leadership approach.

In addition, she has been deeply involved in environmental and animal advocacy throughout her life, integrating this passion into her business philosophy. For Augustine, helping nonprofit leaders thrive is inseparable from helping the planet thrive.

Why ECS Evolve Matters Now

Nonprofits face growing challenges: shrinking grant pools, reversed regulatory pressures, and the urgent responsibility to demonstrate both impact and sustainability. ECS Evolve positions itself as a partner to leaders navigating this reality—inviting them to move beyond short-term survival into thriving, while also aligned toward long-term planetary evolution.

The firm’s guiding philosophy is rooted in the idea that collective vision drives collective change. Seeing this time as a planetary evolution, Augustine emphasizes that what contracts by law will eventually expand. Visionary leaders resonate with humanity thriving in harmony with the regeneration of the planet’s species and ecosystems. By aligning strategies with values and by integrating environmental responsibility, ECS Evolve offers leaders a way to be on the cutting edge of this extraordinary time, able to expand into a greater reach with those who resonate with these understandings and to inspire collaboration across the nonprofit sector.

Looking Ahead

Through ECS Evolve Consulting Services, Katie Augustine has created more than just a firm—she has created a movement. By blending strategy with sustainability, and personal growth with organizational vision, Augustine is helping nonprofit leaders rise to the challenges of today while shaping a more sustainable tomorrow.

For nonprofit leaders ready to align their mission with planetary well-being, ECS Evolve provides both the tools and the mindset to support it.

As Augustine puts it, “When we align with values and consciousness-based principles, impact can accelerate. It is time to bring collective vision into our strategies, for greater organizational and planetary impact.”

Learn more at ECSevolveconsultingservices.com or connect with Katie Augustine on LinkedIn.