Willett Bracken Evans has served on the Board of Trustees of the American Folk Art Museum since 2020, and has collected American, folk, and outsider art for over 40 years. Mr. Evans served in the United States Marine Corps, and worked for 25 years in the Commercial Real Estate Market, first with Grubb and Ellis, and then with CBRE as a Senior Vice-President. He earned the prestigious CCIM Designation in 1997 and retired in 2010 to manage family-owned assets.