Meredith Evans
Meredith Evans has more than 30 years of management experience in food and hospitality and in libraries, archives, and museums. In 2015, she was appointed Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). She is the 74th President of the Society of American Archivists and has held managerial roles at Washington University in St. Louis, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and George Washington University. She has written on the role and value of libraries, archives, and museums as advocacy organizations that support and document the human experience and the importance of maintaining a positive work environment. She deeply believes in supporting community collaborations to promote civic engagement and the preservation of collective memory. She earned a master’s degree in library science from Clark Atlanta University, a master’s degree in public history from North Carolina State University, and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.