About Sandy Evans

Sandy Evans is an accomplished leader in our community. She has worked tirelessly on school, health and transportation issues:

• FCPS School Health Advisory Committee member, past chair
• Northern Virginia Healthy Kids Coalition, Steering Committee member
• Fairfax Education Coalition, founding member (2009)
• Start Later for Excellence in Education Proposal (SLEEP), Co-Founder
• FAIRGRADE Leadership Team advisor and active volunteer
• Fairfax County Council of PTAs, legislation committee chair
• School Board Transportation Task Force member (2007-08)
• PTA president, Sleepy Hollow Elementary School (2000-2001)
• Girl Scout leader (1997-2004)
• Future Problem Solving coach (2000-2009, including Virginia State Champions 2007)
• FCPS Health and PE Advisory Committee (2005-6)
• Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Council (1999-2000)
• Active PTA volunteer, room parent, classroom volunteer
• Fairfax County Association for the Gifted member, 1996 to present
• Swim team volunteer (Sleepy Hollow Bath & Racquet and TJ)

Sandy was a professional journalist for two decades, most of that time at The Washington Post. For several years, she free-lanced as a writer while becoming more involved in community activities, particularly our public schools.

Sandy is married to Steve Hoffman, an attorney. She has two daughters, Leah, a graduate student at Yale University and Zoë, who attended Fairfax County public schools K-12 and now a first-year student at the University of Virginia.