Jennifer Evans
Managing Director, Senior Client Advisor
Birmingham
Jennifer is a Managing Director at 1919 Investment Counsel. In her role as a Senior Client Advisor, Jennifer works with individuals, families, foundations, and endowments, delivering comprehensive investment counsel. Her primary focus is on understanding each client’s unique goals in order to develop and implement tailored solutions to meet their long-term wealth and investment objectives. Jennifer is also a member of the Women & Wealth Leadership Team, the Responsible Investing Strategy Group, and the Financial Planning Team, and she regularly represents the firm at events and conferences focused on female investors and building wealth with purpose.
Outside of the office, Jennifer has volunteered with various organizations, both locally and globally, that are focused on women. She has served three terms on the Board of the YWCA, where she was the Vice President of Development. Presently, she is a member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham and a member of the Alumni Executive Board at Sewanee.
Jennifer entered the financial services industry in 1994, working in wealth management and private banking at a regional bank. In 2009, she returned to her career at Sterne Agee Trust, working with high-net-worth clients. Jennifer later joined Sterne Agee’s Family Office Group, which was an addition to the firm’s existing wealth management platform, before joining 1919 in 2015.
In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys gathering with family and friends on the Sewanee Mountain with her husband and three daughters. She loves traveling, hiking, reading, photography, and sunsets.
Jennifer received a B.A. in English from The University of the South and a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management from Columbia University. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philanthropic Leadership at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, Indianapolis, with anticipated completion in 2029.