Robert Evans Rob Evans is a clinical and organizational psychologist, school consultant, and executive coach to school leaders. A former high school and pre-school teacher, he served for 40 years as the Executive Director of The Human Relations Service, a non-profit community mental health clinic in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He has consulted to more than 1,800 schools, public and private, throughout the U.S. and internationally, working with teachers, leaders, and boards, and has spoken to hundreds of parent groups.
Rob attended the Germantown Friends School, in Philadelphia, and received his undergraduate degree from Princeton and his doctorate from Harvard. His particular interests are in leadership, in helping schools manage change, and in crisis intervention. He also provides professional development for teachers on, among other topics, strengthening communication with parents and improving collegiality and candor among educators.
He is the author of many articles and four books. His newest, co-written with Michael Thompson, is Hopes and Fears: Working with Today's Independent School Parents, published by the National Association of Independent Schools. His others are: Seven Secrets of The Savvy School Leader, The Human Side of School Change, and Family Matters: How Schools Can Cope with The Crisis in Childrearing.