Geneva Marie Coleman Evans

Background

Evans, Geneva Marie Coleman was born on May 22, 1938 in Pinebluff, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of John Benjamin Coleman and Alberta (Strickland) Coleman.

Education

Student, Meritt Business School, 1955-1956, 58-59; student, Southern West College, 1976-1977; student, West Los Angeles College, 1981.

Career

Staff, Internal Revenue Service, Los Angeles, 1961-1963; staff, Internal Revenue Service, Los Angeles, 1963-1966; staff, Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters, Los Angeles, 1967; staff, VA, Los Angeles, 1974-1975; staff, Small Business Administration, Los Angeles, 1970-1972; staff, Housing and Urban Development, Los Angeles, since 1975.

Achievements

• Geneva Marie Coleman Evans has been listed as a noteworthy Civil servant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Community activist Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Los Angeles, 1965. Chair Horace Mann 59th St. Advisory Committee, Los Angeles, 1965-1978. Member 89th St. 92d St. Block Club, Los Angeles, 1989, Council Community Clubs, Los Angeles, 1989.

Member education committee Watts branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Member 8th district county Neighborhood Planning Committee. Member A. Philip Randolph Institute.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, cooking, dancing.

Connections

Married Alfred Dana Evans, August 28, 1955 (divorced August 1984). Children: Letricia Evans Valley, Benjamin, Stephanie, Kim Evans-Jones.

Father:

John Benjamin Coleman Coleman

Mother:

Alberta (Strickland) Coleman

Spouse:

Alfred Dana Evans

child:

Benjamin Evans

child:

Stephanie Evans

child:

Letricia Evans Valley Evans

child:

Kim Evans-Jones Evans