Evelyn Pope is Director of Nonprofit and Community Engagement with CMW Strategies. She joined CMW Strategies in September 2021. Evelyn provides support to clients in the nonprofit and private sectors. In this role, she helps track and translate relevant legislation, identify and unlock capital and expense funding opportunities, and provide regular updates on New York City and New York State government activity.

She got her start in New York City politics with a political consulting firm, working on various NYC primary campaigns through providing fundraising, communications, and operations support.

Prior to joining CMW Strategies, Evelyn worked on a couple of California based political campaigns including George Gascón for Los Angeles District Attorney and completed internships at Planned Parenthood and the United Nations Populations Fund.

In a personal capacity, Evelyn is dedicated to improving her community through her position on the Young Professionals Steering Committee for the Association for a Better New York, an organization that convenes, mobilizes, and activates the region’s public and private sectors for the continuous growth and renewal of New York City’s people, communities, and businesses. Evelyn is also a founding member of the Young Leadership Council of The New Majority, an organization dedicated to increasing women’s representation in local politics that endorses candidates through a lens of racial, economic, and social justice. 

Evelyn has a B.A in Political Science, Economics, and Urban and Environmental Policy from Occidental College.