Charles D. Evans was appointed to the UNCW Board of Trustees by the UNC Board of Governors to a second term ending in 2009. He serves as chair of the business affairs committee and member of the audit committee, executive committee, and educational planning and programs committee.

Evans is an attorney-at-law with the Manteo-based firm of Kellogg and Evans. He served eight years in the NC House of Representatives (1978-1986), as well as eight years on the UNC Board of Governors. Evans was also a member of the board of directors of Sprint/Carolina Telephone (mid-Atlantic region) from 1987-1997. He has served as a member of the UNCW Board of Visitors and Parents Council.

A graduate of Manteo High School, Evans received his bachelor’s degree in economics and his juris doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association and the Dare County Bar Association.

In addition to his professional affiliations, Evans is actively involved in a number of civic organizations. He is a director of the North Carolina Aquarium Society, vice chair of the Roanoke Island Commission, director of the Roanoke Island Historical Association, director of the North Carolina Community Foundation and a trustee of the Percy W. and Elizabeth B. Meekins Charitable Trust. As a member of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, Evans is chair of the Staff-Pastor-Parish Relations Committee.