Gary Davis is a manager of alumni involvement at Teach For America who oversees engagement initiatives for over 10,000 alumni of color. He analyzes engagement trends and provides coaching to minimize gaps. Previously he managed strategic initiatives at Teach For America to maximize alumni donations and volunteerism. He also held intern and coordinator roles focused on volunteer recruitment and management at organizations including College Summit, Uncommon Schools, and iMentor.

1. GARY L. DAVIS
1289 St. Johns Place #3A · Brooklyn, NY 11213 · gldavis10@gmail.com · (248) 521-0466 · www.linkedin.com/in/gldavis10
EXPERIENCE
Teach For America December 2012 – present
Manager, Alumni Involvement, New York, NY, June 2014 – present
Manage learning and development initiatives for 150+ alumni relations staff across 52 regions in relationship building, engagement,
diversity strategy and data analysis
• Analyze engagement trends for 10,000 alumni of color and provide coaching and support to regions in minimizing (or closing)
engagement gap by ethnicity
• Design and drive strategic communication plan to meet aggressive alumni engagement survey goal via telethon; met or exceeded
70% response target for two fiscal years
• Design and deliver diversity & inclusion professional development workshops for Teach For America national alumni staff;
Overall, 80% of staff (44) rated the quality of the workshops as effective or very effective
• Partnered with community based organizations to coordinate planning, outreach and execution of leadership summit for 36
students attending 2014 Educators Conference
• Manage content development of online knowledge portal housing templates and operational guides to drive alumni engagement
• Serve as strategy consultant to diversity initiatives team in vision setting to grow annual diversity mentorship program to scale
Associate, Alumni Engagement, New York, NY, December 2012 – May 2014
Led strategic initiatives to maximize alumni stewardship as donors and volunteers; defined philosophy and priorities for alumni giving
telethon program to meet national engagement goals
• Recruited, hired and managed 15+ telethon staff members yearly to cultivate nearly 900 alumni monetary gifts providing nearly
$30,000 of transitional funds to 30 new matriculates into teaching corps
• Oversaw planning and execution of alumni and new matriculate diversity mentorship program serving 850+ mentor-mentee pairs
• Guided five regional teams nationwide through data analysis to craft strategies to meet regional engagement targets
• Developed online metric system to monitor alumni participation, caller performance and evaluate campaign effectiveness
• Managed special projects; tracked expenses and forecasted for operating budget; lent logistics support to alumni conference team
College Summit March 2012 – December 2012
Recruitment Intern, New York, NY
Led volunteer recruitment strategy and implementation for socialenterprise to ensure staff capacity for summer program seeking to close
the college enrollment gap between low and high-income students
• Recruited, selected and trained 150+ volunteers from private and social sectors to equip rising seniors with skill set to navigate
college applications and facilitate peer led, in-school college readiness campaigns
• Created and executed diversity recruiting strategy yielding 59% of base identifying as people of color and 71% women
• Collaborated with functional teams to implement volunteer screening, training and evaluation systems to monitor recruitment,
selection and training processes to meet capacity needs at 11 summer workshops
• Promoted from summer hire (Mar-Aug) to develop and manage volunteer engagement opportunities in 14 schools for fall term
Uncommon Schools July 2011 – November 2011
Office Manager, Brooklyn, NY
Managed daily operations and facilities for 32 person staff of Brooklyn charter school serving over 250 students and families
• Co-managed school financial systems with special projects director; processed purchase orders and check requests for supplies
• Maintained student database and designed tracking system for student immunization, health and emergency contact forms
iMentor August 2010 – June 2011
Program Coordinator, New York, NY
Led engagement strategy for cohort of 200 in innovative technology-enhanced youth mentoring program to ensure mentor capacity to
nurture mentees’ college aspiration, matriculation and post-graduate success
• Provided direct support, coaching and feedback to 100 volunteers mentoring 100 students across two international high schools
• Embedded SMART goal-setting framework in design of event to drive mentee success on statewide standardized exams
• Designed weekly performance and development tracker to monitor pair engagement; later embedded into program team
professional development resource bank
EDUCATION
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology May 2010
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• StartingBloc Social Entrepreneurship Fellow
• University of Michigan Black Alumni New York (2012-2013)