Kim Davis (executive)
Kim Davis | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Executive Vice President, Social Impact, Growth Initiatives & Legislative Affairs |
| Years active | 2017-present |
| Organization | National Hockey League |
Kimberly B. Davis is an African-American corporate executive serving as a vice president with the NHL.
Early life and education
Davis's grandmother played basketball in Georgia in the 1920s.[1] In 1939, her grandmother Dr. Rose Butler Browne was the first Black woman to earn a PhD from Harvard University.[2][3]
Davis grew up in Chicago. She played varsity tennis in high school.[1] She attended Spelman College, an all-women's, historically Black college in Atlanta. She graduated in the late 1970s with a degree in economics.[4]
Career
Beginning in 1991, Davis worked as a director for JPMorgan Chase, including serving as president of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation. In 1995, she became the first African American woman to be promoted to the bank's senior vice president position.[5] After over twenty years with the company, she left JPMorgan to become Senior Managing Director at Teneo.[6]
In December 2017, Davis began a new role as Executive Vice President of Social Impact, Growth Initiatives & Legislative Affairs for the National Hockey League, with a particular impact on improving diversity within the league.[7][8][9]
In 2020, the NHL announced the formation of its Executive Inclusion Council.[10][11] About how to increase inclusion of Black players in the NHL, Davis said:
And our particular situation in our sport is different [than in the NFL], because we don’t necessarily currently have a pipeline of black and brown coaches within our system that we can point to. So our issues are more fundamental. How do we source and identify in the youth hockey system, as well as players who retire who want to be coaches—how do we create and formalize development programs and mentoring programs to create that pipeline of talent?[4]
Recognition and awards
Davis appeared in Ice Queens (2023), a documentary about the history of Black women in ice hockey.[12]
The Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership awarded Davis its Helen G. Drinan Visionary Leader Award in 2026.[13]
See also
References
- 1 2 Bembry, Jerry (March 6, 2019). "NHL exec Kim Davis on racism in hockey and growing the game". Andscape. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- ↑ Tenzing Tsering, Profile: Rose Butler Browne, in A. Rutherford (ed.), Psychology's Feminist Voices. Accessed 5 July 2020.
- ↑ Davis, Kim (March 7, 2024). "Empowering Women in Hockey: If Not You, Then Who?". Sportico. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- 1 2 Larkin, Matt (6 June 2020). "Kim Davis Q&A: NHL Exec. on Racism, Inclusivity in Hockey". Sports Illustrated.
- ↑ "How Kim Davis is pushing the NHL into diverse territory". ESPN. 26 February 2020.
- ↑ "NHL appoints Davis executive vice president". NHL.com.
- ↑ "Meet the woman making the NHL more inclusive". ESPN. 11 April 2018.
- ↑ Bembry, Jerry (March 6, 2019). "NHL exec Kim Davis on racism in hockey and growing the game".
- ↑ "The NHL says hockey is for everyone. It's Kim Davis' job to help make that a reality". USA Today. 21 February 2019.
- ↑ "NHL exec Kim Davis focused on pushing sport's diversity agenda forward". CBC.
- ↑ "NHL's Kim Davis: 'We're at a point where there's no turning back' - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca.
- ↑ "'Ice Queens' documentary celebrates Black women in hockey". NHL.com. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ "Kim Davis Named 2026 Visionary Leader Award Recipient by Simmons Leadership Conference". PR Newswire. February 5, 2026. Retrieved August 2, 2026.