Hall of Fame: Bill Evans

Past Inductees

William E. Evans
CEO
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
2005

Bill Evans is one of the three founding partners and serves as CEO for Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, a company that has been “Helping Children Learn” for over 25 years.

In 1979, Bill Evans, his sister Joy Evans, and their good friend Jo Ellen Moore began publishing titles on a part-time basis in a small two-car garage in North Hollywood, California. They had six titles. Their goal was to create high quality products for PreK-6 educators and parents.

Through the years, Evan-Moor has grown to be a very successful company with more than 450 titles, a 40,000 square foot office and warehouse space, and more than 65 employees. Headquartered in Monterey, California, Evan-Moor’s products are carried in over 1,500 retail stores in the USA. Evan-Moor titles are distributed or licensed in 35 countries worldwide.

In 1970 Bill started his career as the speech writer for the President of Los Angeles City College. In 1972 he became the speech writer and public relations consultant to the Chancellor of the Los Angeles Community Colleges. In that position he also produced and moderated a weekly public affairs radio program on KHJ-AM and KJOI-FM called “Dimensions”. Later, he produced and moderated an 8-part mini series on KCOP-TV entitled, “The Quality of Life in Los Angeles”.

In 1976 Bill joined the faculty of East Los Angeles College as an Associate Professor of Journalism. He taught courses in public relations, mass media, and the mechanics of publication. He was also a faculty adviser to the campus newspaper.

In 1980 Bill moved to the Monterey Peninsula to open his law offices and to continue working with Joy and Jo Ellen to grow the one-year-old Evan-Moor Educational Publishers. In 1987 he closed his law office to devote himself full-time as the president of Evan-Moor.

Bill graduated from the University of Southern California in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications on a full debate scholarship. In 1979, he received his Doctor of Juris Prudence from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California. He continues to be an active leader, as the CEO of Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, as an industry expert, and as a good citizen, in his local community of Monterey, California.