Kimberly Evans

EVP & Head of Corporate Sustainability, Inclusion and Social Impact, Northern Trust

Kimberly Evans, is an Executive Vice President at Northern Trust. She is the Head of Corporate Sustainability, Inclusion and Social Impact for the firm. Kim and her team are responsible for developing the enterprise strategies for Sustainability, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Community Development & Investing, and Corporate Philanthropy.

Prior to this role, she served as the North America Head of Private Capital Fund Services, previously led the Governmental, Sovereign Wealth, and Taft Hartley/Union pension and treasury business, in the US, Central and South America, and was responsible for the Global Client Accounting Practice serving the data delivery and reporting needs of the firm's institutional and wealth clients.

With more than 25 years driving business results, Kim is known as a business transformation expert. She has developed, led, and executed business and change strategies for five financial services companies, managed teams in six countries, and has implemented technical and organizational programs that have impacted clients, consumers, and professionals from multiple industries.

Kim’s core expertise includes creating and executing business strategy, developing and maximizing talent, and ultimately driving change and transformation to make organizations agile, competitive, and profitable. She is highly sought after as a thought leader and speaker due to her authentic leadership presence, drive for results and vast experience in financial services and developing business and community partnerships.

Kim currently serves on the boards of the Chicago Urban League (CUL) and the Chicago State University Foundation. She is also a distinctive member of C200, a powerful community of successful business women and the Economic Club of Chicago. She also recently served on the board of the Chicago Public Education Fund (The Fund) which targets the development of principals within Chicago Public Schools (CPS). She is one of the Top Women Leaders in Illinois for 2024, was named one of Savoy's 2022 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America, one of the Inaugural Iconic 22 from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – Chicago Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter, a 2021 Leader That Can from Schools That Can, one of the 50 Leading Women in the 2020 Hedge Fund Journal, a Chicago United 2019 Business Leader of Color Honoree, a Leading Women’s Executive Alumni, and a three-time Chairman’s Award recipient. She was also recognized as a Leader in Philanthropy by the University of Chicago.

Kim grew up in the greater grand-crossing neighborhood of Chicago and was educated in Chicago public schools. Kim graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and has earned numerous business, leadership, and technical certifications throughout her career. Although she has worked around the world, she has maintained her engagement in business, civic, community and philanthropic endeavors within the Chicagoland area. Kim resides in Oak Lawn with her husband and son, Mark and Joshua Killion. She loves to travel, write poetry, and read.