Evans graduated from the University of New Orleans in 1976 with a BS in Management from the College of Business. He is involved in several business and civic organizations including serving on the board of directors of the World Trade Center of New Orleans. He is also very involved in education reform in Louisiana. He is on the board of directors of Lafayette Academy, the largest charter school in New Orleans, the co-chair of the Education Committee of the Horizon Initiative and is a member of the Education Council of LABI.