Allison Jeanne Davis (born April 7, 1953 [1] ) is an American television and non-profit executive. [2]
Davis was born in New York, New York. After graduating from Boston University with a journalism degree in 1975, Davis began working at WBZ-TV. She was a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists. [2]
She rose through the ranks in news, becoming an on air reporter at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, a writer-producer at NBC, helped launch MSNBC and from 1998 to 2004, Davis served as senior vice president/creative of CBS and Dunbar Productions. [1]
In the nonprofit world, Davis was vice president, chief operating officer, and special assistant to the Jackie Robinson Foundation's chief executive from 2004 to 2009. [1]