Evelyn Powers

STRATEGIST. DESIGNER. COLLABORATOR.

Design excellence, creating opportunity, and inspiring people to take action is what fires me up.

As founder of Design Powers, Evelyn is responsible for all new business and strategy development while continually on a quest for sophisticated and conceptual mastery. Gifted with the ability to delight clients on the first try, she is committed to building brands and relationships of excellence with her clients. 

Evelyn’s creativity comes from her extensive experience, intuitively understanding every client’s story and then capturing it beautifully in their brand and on their website. She’s committed to continuous growth and learning and believes in pivoting and evolving as a business owner...and as a human. 

Evelyn is a graduate of the 2016 Leadership Arlington program and was recognized in 2018 with the James B. Hunter Humanitarian Award for a regional networking organization she co-founded that fostered equality and opportunity.

In 2022, she was recognized with a Women of Vision award given to individuals who demonstrate a strong commitment to women’s issues and engage community members and other leaders in order to realize this vision.

She co-hosted a weekly live radio interview program and podcast, The AWE Show on Arlington's community radio station WERA 96.7 FM for four years, interviewing women business owners and the community leaders who supported them.

Evelyn is proud to have won the 2020 Best Home-Based Business Award through the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. And a graduate of MICA where she met her first love, Macintosh, and picked up her Balmer accent and mid-Atlantic charm, hon.

She also believes in mentoring family members. Her niece Emily has been working full-time since 2018, and her daughter Vanessa joined the team in 2022!

PERSONALLY SPEAKING

Evelyn is married to her wonderful husband of 29 years, Stephen, and is “Mom” to Vanessa and Quentin, whose insights and perspectives bring endless joy into her life! She is an advanced certified scuba diver, passionate about saving our planet’s sea life and coral reefs. Check out Evelyn’s 5-minute attempt at stand-up comedy too. Humor is an integral part of life and there will be lots of laughs working w/FUN E!!!!