Evelyn is co-executive director, programming and operations, at the Maynard Institute . She joined the institute in 2004 as director of programs and most recently was senior director for programs and operations. Previously, she was a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post. She was an associate director of the American Press Institute and a faculty member at the Poynter Institute. Evelyn is a past national president of the Asian American Journalists Association and a graduate of the Maynard Institute’s Summer Program for Minority Journalists. She is a member of the board of directors of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation which supports the educational mission of the Society of Professional Journalists. She has an A.B. in history from the University of California, Berkeley.