Trina Evans
Chief of Staff and Director of Corporate Center
Trina Evans is a seasoned financial services executive and stakeholder advocate with 30+ years of experience spanning both line of business and staff roles. Her leadership is defined by the alignment of enterprise strategy with culture, the intentional cultivation of brand equity, client experience, community engagement, and the delivery of measurable outcomes.
As Chief of Staff, Trina has served as a trusted advisor to two CEOs spanning 15 years. She leads from the center of the C-suite, ensuring strategic alignment, seamless operational rhythm, timely decision-making, and effective governance routines across the executive team.
As Director of Corporate Center, Trina leads teams responsible for client and colleague experience, corporate responsibility, enterprise communications, brand marketing, and government relations.
Trina’s organization plays a critical role in KeyCorp’s ability to compete against national and global financial services firms by protecting and enhancing the company’s reputation, differentiating brand, and deliberately cultivating the company’s relationship with all stakeholders — shareholders, clients, colleagues, communities, and elected officials.
She has earned a reputation as one of the industry’s most civic-minded leaders, leading Key to invest more than $70 billion in support of affordable housing and community development projects nationwide, home and small business lending in low- and moderate-income communities, and transformative philanthropy.
She presently serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (marketing committee) and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission (executive committee). Trina is a Director Emeritus of the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation.
Trina received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management (concentration in Economics and Finance) from Case Western Reserve University and a Master’s in Business Administration (concentration in organizational behavior) from the Weatherhead School of Management. She also received a Master’s in Banking from the American Bankers Association, Stonier School of Management at Georgetown University.