Gail Evans

Gail Evans' Main Accomplishments Include . . .
"Love the Game" -With those words Gail Evans concludes Play Like A Man, Win Like A Woman, one of the most successful and influential books about women in the workplace. Ironically, many women did not even know "the game" existed before Evans taught them how to win in the workplace with her book.

The book was listed on the New York Times, Business Week, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman has been translated into 21 languages and has been a bestseller around the world. Gail Evans' status was enhanced even further with the publication of her second book She Wins, You Win. 

When it comes to the success of women in the workplace, Gail Evans is a leading authority. She has appeared on The Today Show and Larry King Live, and has been featured in People Magazine, The New York Times and USA Today. 

Where did Gail Evans learn the business game? In the male-dominated world of television journalism and politics. She began working at CNN at its inception in 1980. By the time she retired in 2001, Gail Evans was its Executive Vice President. During that time she was responsible for program and talent development at all of CNN's domestic networks overseeing national and international talk shows and the Network Guest Bookings Department, which schedules about 25,000 guests each year.

Gail Evans has spoken and given presentations to many of the world's leading companies including: Johnson & Johnson, GE, Microsoft, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, KPMG, Cisco, Thompson Reuters, Deloitte, Intel , Wal-Mart and Textron to name a few. In addition, Gail Evans is currently an adjunct professor at Georgia Tech's School of Management teaching courses on Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Organizational Behavior.

More About Gail Evans . . .
In addition to speaking and teaching, Gail Evans has served on numerous charitable boards including: the Radio Television News Directors Foundation, the Society for Women's Health Research, the Atlanta Girls School, the Ga. State University Law School and the Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. Gail Evans is the former chairperson of the Georgia Endowment for the Humanities and was also appointed by President Clinton to the Commission on White House Fellows

Early in her career, Gail Evans worked on both House and Senate staffs and at the White House in the Office of the Special Counsel to the President during the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration. During her tenure at the White House she was part of the team that created the 1966 Civil Rights Act and the Presidents Committee on Equal Employment opportunity.