Carol Evans founded Working Mother Media by acquiring Working Mother magazine, Work Life Congress and the National Association for Female Executives with MCG Capital in August 2001, just weeks before 9-11.  She serves as chief executive officer and president.  Evans’ involvement with Working Mother magazine goes back to its launch in 1978, when she sold the most advertising pages in the first issue.

During the next ten years Evans was Publisher of Working Mother, where she grew advertising revenues from $100,000 to over $14 million.  In 1986 she launched the Working Mother 100 Best Companies, which became the most important benchmark for women in corporate America.

Prior to founding Working Mother Media, Evans served as COO of The Chief Executive Group, publishing Chief Executive magazine and hosting 600 CEOs annually at conferences and roundtables in the United States and abroad.

From 1989 to 1996, Evans was President of Arthur Levitt Jr.’s publishing company, Stagebill, Inc., serving 110 arts organizations nationwide including Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall.

Since founding Working Mother Media, Evans has announced several new initiatives including Best Companies for Multicultural Women, NAFE Top Companies for Executive Women, Best Law Firms for Women and Balance Seekers, Best Women Owned Businesses and Best Green Companies for America's Children.  In December 2006 Evans acquired Diversity Best Practices and Best Practices in Corporate Communications making Working Mother Media the largest multimedia company in the country focused on diversity and the advancement of women.

A graduate of Empire State College/SUNY, Evans serves as trustee of the March of Dimes, a board director of Magazine Publishers of America, Young Playwrights and Advertising Women of New York, where she is immediate past president.  Evans has won numerous awards, including the Work-Life Legacy Award from the Families and Work Institute, the Highest Leaf Award from the Women’s Venture Fund, the YWCA Hall of Fame, Women of Vision Award from Women Work!, 21 Most Intriguing People by MIN magazine and  Woman of Distinction from Miss Hall’s School. 

Evans is a highly acclaimed keynote speaker on the subject of worklife balance, the advancement of women, barriers facing women of color, and leadership. She has appeared on every major talk show including The Early Show, The Today Show, Oprah, Good Morning America, Montel Williams, PBS’ To the Contrary and on hundreds of radio shows and in newspapers nationwide.  Evans has also spoken to corporations and institutions ranging from American Express, Bear Stearns, IBM, Oppenheimer, Wal-Mart and Whirlpool to New York University, the American Waterworks Association and the National Hispana Leadership Institute.

Carol’s book, the award-winning This is How We Do It: The Working Mothers’ Manifesto was published in May 2006 by Penguin Group and in paperback in May 2007. She lives in Chappaqua, NY, and is most proud of being the mother of Julia Rose (17) and Robert Scott (20), and wife of Bob Coulombe.