Samantha P. Davis

Founder & Executive Director

Samantha Paige Davis (she/they) is the Founder & Executive Director of the Black Swan Academy (BSA). She is a Black Feminist, organizer, policy wonk, and story teller working through an anti-oppressive framework. In the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin verdict; Samantha was sparked into action, leaned into her life-long commitment to racial and gender justice and founded BSA, to create a pipeline of Black youth civic leaders. 

She currently serves on the Black Women & Girls Advocacy Taskforce and the Self Development of People national committee of  Presbyterian Church USA. She is the former field engagement manager for YWCA USA, where she has developed a new state-level advocacy initiative, a nationwide get out the vote effort and mobilized over 200 associations to do racial and gender justice work. Samantha has her Master in Public Policy from American University. Her work has been recognized by American University, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington, the National Urban League and among Essence's 2019 Woke100.