Carol Evans joined SHARE Cancer Support as CEO and executive director in 2019. SHARE serves women with breast, ovarian, uterine, and metastatic breast cancer by providing them with helplines in multiple languages, in-person and virtual support groups, education, and peer connections with other survivors. SHARE also reaches out directly to medically underserved communities with programs specifically for them. LatinaSHARE and African American Ambassadors each provide outreach to communities in need. In 2021, SHARE launched Getting Our Fair SHARE at the 2021 Conference to End Health Disparities.
Previously, Evans served as the founder and CEO of Working Mother Media (WMM) (2001-2015), which she founded by acquiring Working Mother magazine. Evans had launched Working Mother in 1978 for a major publishing company, and she led its growth for a decade. In 1986, Evans created the Working Mother 100 Best Companies, which is still the most important benchmark of corporate support for women.
In 2006, Evans expanded WMM’s mission by acquiring Diversity Best Practices and launching the Global Advancement of Women Conferences, which has held events in South Africa, Brazil, Canada, India, and China. She sold WMM to Bonnier Corp in 2008, remaining as president for seven years. In 2015, Evans left Working Mother Media to work on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign as co-founder of Executive Women for Hillary.
Evans’ award-winning book, This is How We Do It: The Working Mother’s Manifesto celebrates working mothers and helps them reframe their most difficult challenges.