Carsten Walter is the John Von Kannon Fellow in Philanthropy at The Heritage Foundation.

Carsten joined Heritage in 1988 to manage the growth of its membership program, which now stands at more than 500,000 active members. Over his more than three decades at Heritage, he has held multiple other roles including oversight of major gift communications and donor research and carries a small caseload of major donors.

Carsten also managed Heritage’s Legacy Society, donor analytics, and provided strategic insight and mentorship to the Development team.