The board and staff of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation are pleased to introduce Evon Wood (she/her) as Executive Assistant.
Evon is an accomplished senior administrative leader with a heart for service and a gift for building relationships that turn inspiration and ideas into strategies for success. Over several years of working alongside executives, divisional leaders, and boards of directors and trustees, she has strengthened the effectiveness of leadership teams and the organizations and communities they serve.
Her governance and leadership experience includes a gubernatorial appointment to the Volunteer Tennessee Commission, service on the boards of the IAAP Foundation and The Carnegie Writers, Inc., and membership on the Meeting Professionals International Administrative Planners Advisory Board. She has also served on advisory committees for Nashville State Community College and Remington College, and as Director of the IAAP Nashville Branch. A passionate community advocate, Evon supports organizations working toward social equity, women’s empowerment, an end to homelessness, volunteerism, and the arts. She is a member of the Chief of Staff Association and a Life Member of Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc.
Evon graduated Summa Cum Laude from Purdue University Global and holds credentials as a Certified Chief of Staff, Strategic Organizational Leadership Certified professional, Certified Change Manager–Practitioner (CCMP), and Certified Administrative Professional (CAP-OM, PM). She is also a published author whose collaborative article on assistants as change agents was the cover story of Executive Support Magazine‘s Winter 2021/2022 edition. Her honors include Board Member of the Year from The Carnegie Writers, Inc.; multiple nominations for EA of the Year, North America, at the Executive PA Awards; IAAP Member of Excellence; and both the Leadership Award and the Dedicated Service Award from Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc.
In this role, Evon provides high-level executive support to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors as they advance MRBF’s mission across the South.
