ALEX DAVIS

Director

Alex Davis regards the arts as the soul of any community, and an essential way to bring people together. She served as co-producer and moderator of the James Castle House Inaugural Symposium. As a published author and Board Chair of The Cabin literary arts center, Davis shared the Morrison Center for Performing Arts stage with author Abraham Verghese as part of its acclaimed Readings and Conversations series, and served on The Cabin’s Executive and Board Development committees for a decade. She was the co-creator and executive producer of The Ed Sessions with Sir Ken Robinson, Sal Kahn, and Mike Rowe, and wrote and directed the televised ID21 Awards, a live award show engaging Idahoans from every generation in a showcase of creativity and innovation in education. She started her career with PBS and NPR stations in Atlanta, Georgia and the Midwest. She's led significant public initiatives, including Boise’s Livable City (LIV Boise) campaign in the Office of the Mayor and the Go On, Idaho campaign for the pursuit of post-secondary education, a multi-year statewide project with the Albertson Family Foundation. With a bent for placemaking and historic preservation and a commitment to arts education, in 2020-2022 Davis served as Managing Director for TRICA creative arts through the rebirth of its desecrated cathedral in Hyde Park, ensuring restoration completion, board and staff buildout and its launch of community use—a fifteen-year quest awarded "Best Overall" in the City of Boise's 2021 Building Excellence Awards. With inspiration and deep belief, a Think Bigger approach and a lifelong commitment to creativity and community, Alex Davis dares us to perform our work on ever-greater national and world stages.