Sarah Evans

Current

• President at Sevans Strategy
• Director of Communications at Elgin Community College
• PR professional and social media freak at PRsarahevans

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Past

• Senior Account Executive at Arment Dietrich, Inc.
• Manager, Communications & Gov't Relations at Advocate Health Care
• Public Relations Associate at Advocate Health Care

• Public Relations Assistant at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
• Marketing Assistant at Badge A Minit
• Communications Intern at Millikin University
• Coordinator and Intern - WalkAmerica at March of Dimes

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Education

• Millikin University

Recommended

16 people have recommended Sarah

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Sarah Evans’s Summary

A public relations and new media consultant at Sevans Strategy, Sarah has worked extensively in the non-for-profit, higher education and healthcare sectors, focusing on media relations, message management, coalition building, deployment strategies,and organizational change.

But it's her personal mission - to engage and employ the use of emerging technologies in all communication - that connects her with a rapidly growing base of more than 30,000 people.

A self-described "social media freak," she initiated and moderates #journchat, the top-trending weekly live chat between PR professionals, journalists and bloggers on the microblogging platform, Twitter. She runs her own blog PRsarahevans.com and most recently worked with a local crisis center to raise more than $160,000 in two weeks with the help of social media.

A graduate of Millikin Univeristy in Decatur, Illinois, she is a life-long St. Louis Cardinals fan living in Chicago. Seriously.

Sarah Evans’s Experience

• President

  Sevans Strategy

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Director of Communications

  Elgin Community College

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

• PR professional and social media freak

  PRsarahevans

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

• Senior Account Executive

  Arment Dietrich, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  March 2008 — May 2008 (3 months)

• Manager, Communications & Gov't Relations

  Advocate Health Care

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  October 2005 — March 2008 (2 years 6 months)

• Public Relations Associate

  Advocate Health Care

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  December 2003 — October 2005 (1 year 11 months)

• Public Relations Assistant

  Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  June 2003 — December 2003 (7 months)

• Marketing Assistant

  Badge A Minit

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  April 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 3 months)

• Communications Intern

  Millikin University

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  May 2002 — July 2002 (3 months)

• Coordinator and Intern - WalkAmerica

  March of Dimes

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  February 2002 — April 2002 (3 months)

Sarah Evans’s Education

• Millikin University

  B.A. , Communications & Public Relations , 1998 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Delta Delta Delta, Millikin Communication Organization, Millikin Alumni Office Volunteer, Recipient of 4-year talent award

Additional Information

Sarah Evans’s Interests:

Emerging technologies, running, playing with my dogs, watching old movies, singing, reading

Sarah Evans’s Groups:

Board Member Woodridge-Area Chamber of Commerce, Chair Woodridge-Area Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Advisory Board Member Helping Girls Navigate Adolescence, Du Page Women's Fair State Representative Sandra Pihos, Registered health care lobbyist, American Heart Association Team Captain (2003 – 2007)

•    eOffice
•    U.S. Government Relations & Public Affairs
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Corporate Communications Executive Network
•    Media Professionals Worldwide
•    Tweeple
•    Millikin University Alumni
•    Elgin Community College (ECC) Alumni Network
•    #journchat
•    Social Media and Health Care
•    protectILtech
•    The Local Tourist Chicago
•    #PRStudChat

Sarah Evans’s Honors:

2006 American Hospital Association national recognition for community education excellence; Community Education Team

2005 Pinnacle Award for leader newsletter; Communications and Government Relations Team

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Mission, Values and Philosophy nomination: Advocate Health Care; individual recognition

Sarah Evans’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch