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.