Meet the author

Katherine Lagana is chief technology officer for Fidelity Charitable®, an independent public charity that has helped donors support more than 300,000 nonprofit organizations with $42 billion in grants since 1991.1 The mission of Fidelity Charitable is to further the American tradition of philanthropy by providing programs that make charitable giving accessible, simple, and effective.Ms. Lagana joined Fidelity Charitable in 2015 and is responsible for enabling the organization to be on the cutting edge of technology and philanthropy, while ensuring reliability for all Fidelity Charitable systems.Prior to joining Fidelity Charitable, Ms. Lagana led global product development at LexisNexis®. Before that, she was responsible for advanced global product delivery at Microsoft Office. Ms. Lagana began her career at Apple building higher education, developer, and consumer products.Outside of the office, Ms. Lagana is an avid volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and STEM programs for young women.