Andrea E DavisAndrea E. Davis has been in the field of crisis management since 1999, starting in the non-profit sector by developing Y2K crisis response plans. Andrea went on to serve in the city and county of San Francisco and in the US Federal Government as the mergency manager for the 12th District Federal Reserve Bank and as the external affairs director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Louisiana Recovery Office for Hurricane Katrina. While at FEMA, Andrea oversaw all media, intergovernmental and congressional activities for one of the U.S.' largest disaster recovery efforts, with a total recovery portfolio of over $25 billion.
For the past ten years, Andrea has led global, enterprise-wide crisis management departments for multi-national, Fortune 500 companies, the Walt Disney Company and the Walmart Corporation. Currently, she is the President and CEO of an SBA-certified, woman-owned, crisis management consulting firm, The Resiliency Initiative.
Andrea's passion is volunteer service which led to her selection as the Inaugural Emergency Manager of the Year by the International Association of Emergency Managers in 2018 and her induction into the Women's Hall of Fame for Emergency Management in 2013. Read More Read Less