2019 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD

Jack Evans (BBA ’94)

Since 2003, Jack Evans has been in the business of bringing families home. After spending several years in finance, Evans founded and became managing partner of Oklahoma Citybased TimberCraft Homes, whose communities include Chisolm Creek Farms and Princeton Park in Edmond, Oklahoma, as well as two communities in Mustang, Oklahoma, and two communities in Yukon, Oklahoma.

After graduating from UCO in 1994 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance, he gained experience with home mortgages at MidFirst Bank, which would later influence his decision to enter the homebuilding industry.

He has previously served as the event chairperson for Oklahoma City’s annual Parade of Homes, coordinated by the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association, of which he is a member.

Through TimberCraft, Evans also has participated in the construction of multiple custom homes for the annual St. Jude Dream Home fundraising program, which benefits the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Having learned the value of a strong work ethic from his parents, Evans was a nontraditional student who worked throughout college. His wife, Theresa, also worked two jobs to help support his education, and in 2018, Evans established the Theresa Sue Evans Endowed Scholarship for Real Estate at Central, to honor her support.

Evans and Theresa, are a proud aunt and uncle to his twin brother Jay’s five children, and to Theresa’s nieces, who are fraternal twins. The couple resides in Edmond.