Julie Evans

Julie Evans is the CEO of the new organization, Project Tomorrow that was formed from the merger of NetDay, a national education technology nonprofit with a Southern California based science education nonprofit group.

During her previous 6 year tenure as NetDay’s CEO, the organization expanded its impact specifically through several highly regarded and innovative national research programs such as the NetDay AmeriCorps Bridge program, the NetDay TESS (Technology Enhances Student Success) program, the NetDayCompass.org, the NetDay Cyber Security Kit for Schools and the organization’s latest initiative, NetDay Speak Up, to collect students’, teachers’ and parents’ views on science, math and technology, and how to improve education for the 21st century. Since 2003 over 850,000 K-12 students and their teachers and parents have participated in the annual online Speak Up surveys, and the data findings have impacted federal, state and local policies on education and technology.

Prior to NetDay, Ms. Evans enjoyed a very successful 17-year career in the technology for-profit sector. Her career includes 12 years in regional sales and marketing management with Unisys including as the Western Region Director of Marketing Services. Ms. Evans’ corporate experiences were a significant asset in her post-Unisys work with two high tech startup companies in the educational technology arena. The first startup, BrightIdeas, was an educational software distribution firm with community-based consultants who helped parents and teachers select high quality software for children through the evaluation of student learning styles matched with grade and developmentally appropriate curriculum goals; Ms. Evans was the National Sales Director. Ms. Evans’ strong interest in the effective uses of technology in the classroom led her to become a founding member of the management team of the Educational Resource Network, a startup company developing a subscription model web property to provide teachers with online professional development. With ERN, Ms. Evans was responsible for the development of the content for the web portal and the outreach within the education community. Ms. Evans is a graduate of Brown University.