Kevin Evans recently retired as Chief Executive Officer of the National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) a position he held for 8 years. Kevin has been a lead partner on the Board of the Great Eastern Ranges (GER) since 2010 and was chairman for 2 years.

Kevin is an active member of two Landcare groups in the Bellingen region and is currently managing his own property for conservation especially forest dependent species like Koala. Prior to this Kevin held several management positions in the zoo industry including Director of Zoos South Australia and management positions at the Taronga Conservation Society Australia.

Kevin has studied ecology, organisational change management, endangered species management and tourism and has been an Adjunct Lecturer at Charles Sturt University in the faculty of Veterinary Science for 11 years.