Monica Holman Evans

Executive Director of the DC Board of Elections

Monica Holman Evans is the Executive Director of the DC Board of Elections (BOE) and previously served as their Senior Policy Advisor. She oversees elections operations and policy implementation within the District of Columbia.

As the Senior Policy Advisor she provided direct oversight over the Voter Education and Outreach, and Election Worker Divisions.

Before joining BOE, she was a Supervisory Financial Management Specialist with the Administration of Children and Families (ACF), a division of Health and Human Services. As a Supervisory Financial Management Specialist and Grants Officer with ACF, she served as a technical advisor while supervising mandatory grant administration of ACF Formula, Entitlement and Block Grants. The mandatory grants portfolio included over 40 programs that totaled over $42 billion.

Ms. Evans worked at the Election Assistance Commission where she served as the Director of Grants Management. She provided oversight responsibilities for the Office of Grants Management and Payments. She worked with EAC officials and grant recipients to encourage sound program administration and to enforce program and financial compliance with the provisions of the Help America Vote Act, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance, EAC policies, and recipient agreements and plans. She frequently provided information and reports to members of Congress and was responsible for audit resolution and drafting advisory opinions.

Ms. Evans worked as a Program Counsel at Legal Services Corporation, an agency dedicated to ensuring legal services for low-income individuals. Additionally, Ms. Evans served as the Deputy Director of AmeriCorps, a national service program that oversees programming in the areas of health, human needs, education, the environment, and public safety.

Ms. Evans earned a BA from the University of Virginia and a JD from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.