Charles L. Evans (born January 15, 1958) is the former ninth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, serving from 2007 to 2023.

Prior to that, Evans was a vice president and senior economist with responsibility for the macroeconomics research group.

His personal research has focused on measuring the effects of monetary policy on U.S. economic activity, inflation, and financial market prices.

In December 2012, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to change its broad forward guidance to a more explicit rule.

[3] The Committee in March 2014 decided to remove the mention of the explicit thresholds in its guidance, but emphasized that there has been no change in the stance of monetary policy.