2011 Conference Speakers

Kimberly Davis

JP Morgan Chase Foundation

Kimberly Davis is Managing Director, Global Philanthropy and President of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation.  She is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.  Her responsibilities include overseeing the firm’s philanthropic activities globally, including employee volunteerism and strategic corporate marketing programs.

With more than 28 years of experience in the financial services industry, Davis has held a wide range of responsibilities in both line and staff functions, including Senior Vice President and Director of Recruiting, Training & Development for Chase Manhattan’s Global Banking organization, Latin America Human Resources Executive, and Vice President & National Sales Manager, Private Banking.  Her professional experiences comprise a rich and wide array of assignments including, sales, marketing, product management, strategic planning and HR development.  
Davis holds a degree in economics/finance from Spelman College.  She has completed ARC International’s Advanced Leadership Program and the Aspen Institute Executive Program. She is co-founder of Springboard, Partners in Cross-Cultural Leadership, a leadership education and consulting company committed to building highly diverse teams. She has a passion for the issues surrounding leadership for women, and because of this passion, in collaboration with Spelman College, she developed, designed and implemented a national leadership center, the Spelman College Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement., LEADS focuses on the unique leadership issues for women of color.

Davis is a trustee of Spelman College and the Kenan Institute at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and on the board of The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) and the Executive Leadership Council (ELC).

Davis has been a featured keynote speaker or guest lecturer at numerous colleges and universities on “Leadership in the 21st Century” and included in a number of publications, including The Business Journal’s “100 Most Influential Women, Black Enterprise, Forbes, and Pink Magazine.