Barbara S. Davis

Barbara S. Davis has been with the Entertainment Community Fund since 1984. As Chief Operating Officer, she oversees the intersection of administration, finance, advancement and programs including social services, health care and workforce development for the Fund’s offices in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. She also oversees the Fund’s housing residences in New York and California, as well as at the Actors Fund Home in New Jersey. 

Ms. Davis is Secretary of The Actors Fund Housing Development Corporation, Vice President of the Waldman Foundation and Chair of the National Coalition for Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response Co-Chair. For eight years she Co-Chaired the Housing, Health and Human Services Committee and served on the Land Use Committee for Manhattan Community Board #4. She was a member of the World of Work Advisory Committee at Columbia University School of Social Work and served on the Advisory Committee for the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Ms. Davis has her BA in Psychology from American University, a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia University and has completed the Columbia University Graduate School of Business Institute for Not-for-Profit Management Executive and Leadership Programs.