Prior to assuming that role, he served as Vice President for Asset Protection & Security for Walmart from 2014 to 2017.

[3] In June 2018, Evanoff was tasked with assessing the situation arising from a mysterious illness affecting American diplomats and their families in Guangzhou, China, to ensure this was given the due priority that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had demanded.

[4] In February 2019, Evanoff announced a bounty of up to $1 million for information leading to the capture of Hamza bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, who was seen as "an emerging Al-Qaeda leader" who "had threatened attacks against the United States and allies”.

[5][6] Evanoff resigned as Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security in July 2020.

[7] He was succeeded by Acting Assistant Secretary Bureau of Diplomatic Security Todd J.