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Term: Jan. 2, 2017 - Jan. 2, 2021
Time on Council: 1991 to present
Political Affiliation: Democratic Party
Office: 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 106, Washington, DC 20004
Tel: (202) 724-8058 | Fax: (202) 724-8023
Chair of: Committee on Finance and Revenue
Represents: Ward 2
Committee on Transportation and the Environment
Committee on Business and Economic Development
Committee on Government Operations
Committee of the Whole
Schannette Grant
Chief of Staff
(202) 724-8058
sgrant@dccouncil.us
Ruth Werner
Committee Director
rwerner@dccouncil.us
Sherri Kimbel
Director of Constituent Services
skimbel@dccouncil.us
Amorde Brabham
Constituent Services Liaison
abrabham@dccouncil.us
Sarina Loy
Committee Assistant
sloy@dccouncil.us
Windy Abdul-Rahim
Scheduler/Legislative Assistant
wrahim@dccouncil.us
Joe Florio
Director of Communications
jflorio@dccouncil.us
Jack Evans is the Councilmember for Ward 2, representing 11 distinct neighborhoods including: Chinatown, Logan Circle, Blagden Alley, Dupont Circle, Sheridan-Kalorama, Foggy Bottom/West End, Georgetown, Burleith, Hillandale, Penn Quarter, and Downtown Washington (including the White House and Mall).
Jack was first elected to the Council of the District of Columbia in a 1991 special election and has been re-elected seven times since then. He is the longest serving Councilmember in the history of the District of Columbia.
At the Council, Jack serves as Chair of the Council's Committee on Finance and Revenue. He also serves on three standing Council committees - Transportation & the Environment, Business & Economic Development, and Government Operations. Additionally, he currently represents the District on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Board of Directors and has served as Chairman of the WMATA Board since January 2016.
Jack served previously served as the Council's representative to the WMATA Board of Directors from 1993-1999 (Board Chair, 1994 and 1997) and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (Board Chair, 1995). He served as Chair Pro Tempore (Vice Chair) of the DC Council from 2001-2013.
Aside from being Councilmember, Jack's work in DC politics includes:
Jack is a native of Pennsylvania. He received an economics degree with honors (cum laude) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1975 and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1978. He began practicing law at the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Enforcement.
Jack’s wife Noel passed away in 2003. He currently lives in Georgetown and is the father of college-aged triplets – Katherine, Christine, and John.
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