Ms. Davis brings more than 20 years of experience in federal and local government to the position of Chief of Staff. Since 2001, Ms. Davis has worked for the District’s last three city administrators, serving as a special assistant to Norman Dong, chief of staff to John A. Koskinen, and interim chief of staff to Robert Bobb. In this capacity, Ms. Davis provided leadership and direction to Office of the City Administrator staff, facilitated resolution of sensitive citizen matters, and identified and implemented solutions to high priority, interagency issues. Most recently, Ms. Davis served as Mayor Williams’ Deputy Chief of Staff for Community Affairs.

From 2000 to 2001, Ms. Davis served as the Chief Operating Officer within the Department of Human Services, where she oversaw a $300 million budget, directed day-to-day operations within the agency, and served as the first project manager for the DC Labor-Management Partnership Council. Her labor relations experience extends to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, where she was the operations and human resource manager for the federally supervised rerun elections.

Ms. Davis also has extensive experience working with citizens. She was the Executive Director of the DC Civilian Complaint Review Board for five years, and the Director of the Office of Citizen Complaints in San Francisco, CA, for two years. In both of these positions, Ms. Davis developed innovative programs and policies to improve relationships between the community and the police and to ensure the rapid resolution of complaints.

Ms. Davis gained federal experience while serving as the Director of Policy and Management Operations in the United States Department of Justice’s Civil Division. She implemented and managed an automated records management system and universal user access to computer-assisted technologies, which resulted in dramatic cost savings and increased productivity for more than 1,000 attorneys nationwide.

Ms. Davis received a BA in public affairs from George Mason University and a law degree from the National Law Center, George Washington University. She also received her certification as a public manager (CPM) from the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Municipal Management.

Ms. Davis is a trustee at the historic Friendship Baptist Church in Southwest, Washington, DC. She also serves as secretary for the DC Chapter of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators. During a leave of absence in 2002, Ms. Davis served as the Deputy Campaign Manager for Operations for the Committee to Re-elect Mayor Anthony Williams.