Ashley Davis, executive director of the Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center, was named among the 2023 Eastern Shore Women To Watch, a publication of APG Chesapeake. The honor recognizes community service, professional accomplishments, entrepreneurship and mentorship.
“Women To Watch spotlights the work, dedication, talents and community service of women on the Eastern Shore who continue to lead in their respective fields and those who embody strength, vitality, leadership and integrity for our community,” according to the publication.
Davis joined the Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center as executive director last year. The center works to increase the number of health care providers serving Maryland’s rural Eastern Shore.
“Her insightful and dynamic leadership extends to concrete efforts towards molding ESAHEC into a national model of achievement, and a sought out career destination,” Debra Messick wrote in Davis’ Women To Watch profile. “Davis has relentlessly navigated with purpose, buoyed by an inner spirit always striving for excellence, turning each challenge into an opportunity.”
Davis has experience in health care management, program development and nonprofit administration and operations. Prior to joining the Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center, Davis was interim chief operations officer and director of programs and special initiatives for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. Previously, she managed the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Health Equity State Office of Rural Health.
She has worked with state and local health departments, national nonprofits, global pharmaceutical companies, federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, community-based organizations and other health care providers throughout her career.
Davis is pursuing a doctorate in public policy at Liberty University, where she earned her Master of Arts in human services and her Master of Public Health. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Spelman College.
The Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center (ESAHEC) works to increase the number of health care providers serving rural and underserved areas and eliminate health disparities among diverse populations on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Established in 1997, the nonprofit center recruits and retains health care providers by offering health education programs for professionals and students from colleges and universities in Maryland and surrounding areas. (www.esahec.org)
