Jack Evans

"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).\nJack 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.\nAt the Council, Jack serves as Chair of the Council\u2019 s Committee on Finance and Revenue, which oversees the District\u2019s finances and tax policy. He also serves on three standing Council committees \u2013 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.\nJack served previously served as the Council\u2019 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.\n Aside from being Councilmember, Jack\u2019s work in DC politics includes:\nJack 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.\n Jack\u2019s wife Noel passed away in 2003. He currently lives in Georgetown and is the father of college-aged triplets \u2013 Katherine, Christine, and John."