Ms. Davis is a non-profit and philanthropic sector executive, having served as President & CEO of the Coleman Foundation, the inaugural Executive Director and later President of the Forest Preserve Foundation, and the immediate past Board chair of the Albert Pick Jr. Fund. Her career experiences also include crisis intervention counseling and policy advocacy, grantmaking to uplift communities, and organizational development growth. Ms. Davis is currently a fractional non-profit executive and Senior Consultant for the Lawyer’s Trust Fund.

Ms. Davis earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Lawrence and a master’s degree in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.