Kelly Evans (born July 17, 1985) is an American journalist and co-anchor of ''

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'' on the

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business news channel. She was previously based in

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, headquarters from May 2012 to May 2013 and is now based in CNBC's headquarters in New Jersey. Prior to joining CNBC, she was an economics reporter at ''

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'' where she wrote the "Ahead of the Tapes" column, wrote for "Heard on the Street", and hosted the daily "News Hub" on WSJ.com.Julia La Roch
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CNBC. Before joining CNBC she was a regular guest on various television news programs.

Background

Evans was born in

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, and raised in

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, Rockbridge County, near the

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. At Rockbridge County High School she earned eight letters in

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, cross country and

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. She then attended

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where she was a George Washington Honor Scholar which earned her a full-ride academic scholarship and graduated ''

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'' with a bachelor's degree in business journalism. She was a four-time scholar athlete, co-captain of the women's lacrosse team (First Team All-State, a First-Team All-ODAC and a First Team All-Region selection) and a national leadership society

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. On April 22, 2017, she married CNBC's sports reporter Eric Chemi. They have four children.

Career

Evans started at the ''Wall Street Journal'' in 2007, covering real estate and economics. She also worked there as a reporter for the Global Economics bureau. Evans was one of the moderators for a

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debate in

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. She also moderated a

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debate, part of the 25th annual mock convention event at her alma mater. She has been compared to former CNBC host Erin Burnett, who left the cable business channel to anchor a news program on CNN. At CNBC, Evans co-hosted

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following the departure of

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in 2013 until 2018 when CNBC moved Evans to their new show, The Exchange.

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would replace Evans as co-host of Closing Bell.

References

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