Meet Evadne McLilley

Plant-based Lifestyle Coach, Influencer, Podcaster, YouTuber, Author, Creative Designer, Event Curator, Motivational Speaker, Community Leader & Ambassador, Founder & CEO of: Ev McLilley Wellness, Inc., Ev McLilley Teas & Herbs & IMPACT – Global, New Market St. Elizabeth Community

Evadne McLilley is a serial entrepreneur who has dedicated herself to Healthy Lifestyle Coaching, Marketing, Leadership Mentoring, Community Building & Empowerment for her entire adult life. She uses every opportunity she gets to motivate people and influence positive changes.

Evadne was born, raised and educated on the tropical island of Jamaican. While living there, she knew from early that she wanted to be an entrepreneur so after working a few jobs (including classroom teacher), she decided to go into business fulltime. Her first business venture was in Event Planning, Event Decor & Gift Curating. The second business (a partnership) was the manufacturing of bulk baking powder (raising agent) for the restaurant, wholesale and supermarket industries exclusively. During those same years, she also spent a great deal of her time influencing changes in the Mandeville, Manchester Municipal Town where she resided. Being a natural born agent of leadership and change, she headed the Junior Chamber International (JCI) – Mandeville Chapter for three years during which she and her team successfully lead and implementing large community projects while training young people to lead effectively. She received the Mandeville Junior Chamber “10 Outstanding Presidents Award for Excellence in Leadership” at their Chapters 25^th Anniversary Celebrations in 1999.

Having a desire to do more for humanity, she decided to broaden her horizon, so in 2001 she migrated to the USA.

She obtained tertiary education at Northern Caribbean University (Jamaica) and City University of New York (New York) from which she graduated with a degree in Computer Information Systems with a minor in Business Management.

In 2008, Evadne started a thriving business in the construction industry after working in it for three year. She was excited to setup her own office in the upper section of Bronx, New York, where she served Registered Architects, Engineers, License Contractors and License Plumbers from all over NYC. The business was however, severely affected by the crash of the housing/building market during the “Great Recession” of 2009 which left her no choice but to close the business in 2010.

After recognizing the great need for her knowledge and skills in the fields of nutrition and wellness in 2016, Evadne decided to leverage her leadership skills along with her prior studies in nutrition to give “Service to humanity” in another meaningful way – Wellness Coaching!

The passion to serve both people and community were always intertwined for Evadne, so it is no surprise that while she is building her businesses, she is also giving back to her native community in Jamaica via the community project “IMPACT Global – New Market, St. Elizabeth Community”, where she once again seeks to influence young people to build a better community and create lasting change. The organization, which she founded, has set their goals to building a state of the arts sports complex for the community, opening a learning center, building a community swimming pool and creating micro enterprises.

It is Evadne’s goal to continue to inspire people globally, especially young people. She aims to IMPACT the lives of MILLIONS through her Ev McLilley brand, products, social outreach and programs.

She said, “As she watches more and more of her friends and family become ill or die from preventable diseases, she becomes more and more passionate about spreading her message of “Healthy Lifestyle Change” through the world”.

She rises to every occasion of loss and misfortune with grace and a resolve to re-invent herself while she builds back stronger. Therefore, it was no different when she was faced with the latest blow, along with most business in New York City during the hit of the 2020 pandemic. Evadne was once again faced with the gripping decision of closing her boutique tea outlet on West 125^th Street in Manhattan as ordered by the Governor of the State. This was not optional.

During the long wait for the pandemic to pass, it occurred to her that she had to pivots once again to ensure the survival of her business. She took the decision to move her operation to an online retail business with wholesale distributions option to other stores, tea shops and restaurants etc.

Since she was laid-off from her pre-pandemic fulltime job, where she worked as a program director (up to the point where she caught the virus), she decided to dedicate herself to building her brand, advance her coaching and tea businesses and to serve more people around the world.

Legacy building is important to Evadne. She said, she doesn’t just build her business to serve people during her lifetime. She is building her businesses to serve as a lasting legacy that will continue long after she is gone. She remains thankful for her eventful life and the ability to create positive change.

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