Steve Davis (business)

Steve Davis is a business executive and academic who works in the medical field. He holds a faculty appointment at the Stanford Graduate School of Business teaching social innovation.[1] He is a member of Challenge Seattle and the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on several boards and advisory groups.[2] He serves as the co-chair of the World Health Organization's Digital Health Technical Advisory Group.[3][4] Steve is the author of Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism, published by Wiley October 6, 2020.[5]

Steve Davis
NationalityUnited States
Occupationbusiness executive
Known forcharitable work in the medical field

Davis was the president and CEO of PATH, a global organization that works to improve health equity by bringing together public institutions, businesses, social enterprises, and investors to solve international health challenges.[6]

Early life

Davis grew up in a large family in the small ranching community of Dillon, Montana,[7] before attending Princeton University.[8] Following his undergraduate studies he pursued a Princeton-in-Asia Fellowship teaching literature in Taiwan,[9][10] after which he served on the Thai-Laos border as a refugee settlement coordinator. He then advocated for human rights in China and the U.S. as a young lawyer.[11]

Career summary

Previously, he was an attorney for K&L Gates (formerly Preston Gates & Ellis),[12] as an executive at Corbis,[13][14], an executive at Infectious Disease Research Institute,[15], in senior positions at McKinsey & Company,[16], and as president and CEO of PATH, a medical non-profit which works in over 50 countries.[17]

References
  1. "Steve Davis". Stanford Graduate School of Business.
  2. "PATH leadership: Steve Davis". path.org. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  3. "WHO expert panel on digital health meets for first time". www.who.int. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  4. Ren, Grace (2019-10-25). "WHO Launches Digital Health Action Plan To Guide Expert Group's Work". Health Policy Watch. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  5. "Undercurrents - Steve Davis". Undercurrents - Steve Davis. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  6. "The next path for Steve Davis". The Seattle Times.
  7. "Steve Davis' PATH: Seattle nonprofit CEO worked with Bill Gates, was a civil rights activist in China and loves Netflix". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  8. "Dave King '77 and Steve Davis '79: Paths Cross". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  9. "Bill Gates' other CEO". Salon. 2000-02-07. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  10. Africa, Middle East &. "Health Care Activist Steve Davis: Avoiding the 'I'll Give Back Later' Trap". Knowledge@Wharton. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  11. "Steve Davis, entrepreneur and rights advocate, to head PATH". Humanosphere. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  12. "Steve Davis' PATH: Seattle nonprofit CEO worked with Bill Gates, was a civil rights activist in China and loves Netflix". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  13. "Bill Gates' other CEO". Salon. 2000-02-07. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  14. "Executive Q&A: Steve Davis on Overseeing Healthy Innovation at PATH". Seattle Business Magazine.
  15. "Xconomy: From Tech to Biotech: Former Corbis CEO Steve Davis Tackles Global Health With IDRI". Xconomy. 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  16. "Steve Davis named to exec post at McKinsey". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  17. "Financial documents". path.org. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
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