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James W. Davis is the founder and President of The Davis Group
Ltd. Mr. Davis has over 35 years of experience in the public
and private sectors. He serves as a speaker and consultant
to organizations on a variety of leadership and education
related issues. His primary focus is on leadership development
and coaching. Mr. Davis has been recognized by the California
State Senate and Assembly, the County of Los Angeles, the
Westchester/LAX and La Cañada Chambers of Commerce,
the Los Angeles School District and numerous other professional,
parent and civic organizations.
Mr. Davis also is co-founder of the Institute for Educational
Advancement, a non-profit institute dedicated to serving our
nation’s brightest youth. He currently serves as an
advisor and Senior Fellow with the Institute.
Mr. Davis is a Fellow in the Leadership in Conflict Initiative,
Clarke Center, Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
The program offers strategic leadership development opportunities
for leaders from the public and private sector.
Mr. Davis served as the Superintendent of the La Cañada
Unified School District in California for five years. During
his tenure as Superintendent, La Cañada was recognized
by the U.S. Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon school
district and was ranked by Newsweek in the top 20 of over
15,000 school districts nationally. Before being promoted
to Superintendent, Mr. Davis served as Principal and Assistant
Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction.
Prior to coming to La Cañada, Mr. Davis served nearly
20 years as a teacher and administrator in the Los Angeles
Unified School District at the middle and high school levels.
He has extensive experience working with ethnically diverse
inner city youth. He held positions as teacher, Dean, Assistant
Principal and High School Principal.
Mr. Davis has also worked for Johns Hopkins University, the
RAND Corporation and has served as a lecturer at the University
of California, Los Angeles-Extension, California State University,
Fullerton and as an adjunct professor in the Graduate School
of Education at the University of Southern California.
Mr. Davis is married to sculptor, Judeth Davis and has three
children – Rachel, David and Rebecca.
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