Board of Regents

Danae Davis

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PEARLS for Teen Girls, Inc.
2100 North Palmer
Milwaukee, WI 53212
danae@pearlsforteengirls.com
(414) 265-7555

Appointed: January 13, 2003
Term Expires: May 1, 2011
Committee Memberships:

  • Executive
  • Education (Chair)
  • Personnel Matters Review
  • Teaching Excellence Awards (Chair)
  • Academic Staff Excellence Awards
  • UW-Whitewater Chancellor Search (Chair)

Biography

Danae Davis is the executive director of PEARLS for Teen Girls, Inc., a Milwaukee-based girl empowerment and leadership non-profit organization. She previously served as director of diversity affairs at Miller Brewing Company, director of the Department of Employee Relations for the City of Milwaukee, a commissioner on the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, executive assistant at the Department of Employment Relations, legal counsel for Gov. Tony Earl and director of diversity management and work/life programs at Kraft Foods, Inc. Davis is a member of the African American Women's Project of the Milwaukee Foundation. She is also on the Board of Directors of Safe and Sound. Davis is a graduate of UW-Oshkosh, where, in 2002, she was honored as one of four distinguished alumni. She received a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

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