Ken Evans currently serves as a Community Programs Advisor for the M.Y.S. Firm within the Consulting Division. In this position, he provides advice, guidanceand consultation to non-profit, for profit and public sector clients who are developing community programming plans for implementation within their region. He has more than 35 years of experience within the engineering, construction, and real estate development areas. He has a Civil Engineering degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Phoenix. He is also a retired Lieutenant Colonel who served as a Commander in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2010, Evans was recognized as the top Reserve Air Force engineering officer and received the Air Force Civil Engineering Officer Manager of the Year award for the Air Reserve Component.
Evans has been a small business owner himself in several different business ventures since 2001. He initially started and managed a real estate development consultant firm which completed several residential and commercial projects with clients prior to the market downturn in 2008. His leadership, business and entrepreneurial background contributed to his selection in September 2013 as the President for the Urban Chamber of Commerce. During his tenure with the Chamber, he was instrumental in leading the effort to forge strategic alliances, create new partnerships, boost Chamber membership, and, ultimately, better position small diverse Chamber businesses to pursue procurement opportunities in new, emerging and existing markets.
Finally, Evans has been actively engaged in the community since being assigned here for military duty in 1989. He is a graduate of the 1993 Leadership Las Vegas program and the 1995 Project Blueprint program. He also served as the Sergeant at Arms for the Nevada State Senate during the 2011 session of the Nevada Legislature.
