Alumni Leaders

Evan McGlinn ’81 is a fine-art and documentary photographer and regular contributor to The New York Times, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Getty Images. As a photojournalist he has covered a wide range of stories—from The Boston Marathon bombing to the U.S. Presidential race, to climate change in Newtok, Alaska. As a corporate and advertising photographer McGlinn has worked for Capital One Bank, American Express, Weber Shandwick, Electrolux, Mullen Lowe and others.

Evan’s portraits of people suffering from Usher Syndrome have been displayed in Time’s Square, Washington Square Park as well as the jumbotron at Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park during ball games. These portraits also appeared on The Mall in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 2019.

Evan began his career in journalism and storytelling as a writer for Forbes magazine in New York and was the lead reporter on The Forbes 400 List of the Richest Americans. He was also a columnist for the Personal Affairs section of the magazine where he wrote about high-end luxury travel, collecting and personal finance. Evan’s writing has appeared in American Express’ Departures magazine [where he was a contributing editor for 10 years], Rolling Stone, Men’s Journal, Town & Country, The New York Times and Gray’s Sporting Journal and other national publications.

Evan is also a passionate fly fisherman and contributed to the fly fishing column of The New York Times for many years. His passion for fly fishing has taken him to New Zealand, Russia, Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela and numerous other destinations to write and photograph about the sport.

Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Evan is a graduate of Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont and Suffield Academy [Class of 1981]. His wife Bradley is a fashion design executive and he has two boys named Jack and George.