Bobby Evans begins his 18th season in the Giants baseball operations department, his third year as the vice president of baseball operations, being promoted to his current position in January 2009. Previously the team's director of player personnel, he assists Brian Sabean in heading contract negotiations, waiver and rule compliance, budgets at both the major and minor league levels and is involved in all areas of baseball operations.

Evans is a 1991 graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he was the recipient of the John Motley Morehead Scholarship Award. He first joined San Francisco in 1994 as administrative assistant, minor leagues. He was elevated to assistant director of player development the following year and served the Giants in that capacity until his promotion to director of minor league administration in 1998.

Previously, Evans served as an administrator in the Commissioner's Office in New York. During his three-year tenure there, he worked in baseball operations and minor league operations. Evans also interned with the Boston Red Sox in the player development and scouting departments during the summer of 1989.Evans and his wife, Gwen, reside in San Francisco and have a son, Jonathan and a daughter, Anjali.