Peri Higgins

Peri Higgins was elected to the Board of Trustees at Arcadia University in 2022.

Higgins is the President and Founder of Evolve Advisors, a minority-owned and woman-owned management consulting firm that assists clients develop innovative strategies for growth and efficiencies. Prior to founding Evolve, Higgins was a founder and managing partner of two real estate investment funds and managed the private equity portfolio of a diversified holding company. Her early career was spent in investment banking.

Higgins is a founding member and former Vice Chair of the Board of Horizons at The Episcopal Academy and serves as an Executive Board Member of Horizons Greater Philadelphia. These organizations provide summer learning programs for children from underserved communities in the Philadelphia area. She previously served on the boards of the Vetri Foundation for Children, The Franklin Institute Benefactors Society, The Westhill School, Turner Funds and The Episcopal Academy, where she was a member of the Executive Board.

Higgins earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Harvard University.