Chief NYC Panel Discussion

2 October 2024 No Comments

Dr. Anita Jack-Davies is Management Consultant: Culture and Operations at R/GA. As part of her role, she works closely with awide range of leaders and teams to fine-tune R/GA’s global EDI
Strategy. An academic and workplace diversity consultant, Jack-Davies is an EDI expert and thought leader who recently held the role of Deputy Chief Diversity Officer at Skidmore College and prior to
that, Assistant Dean, EDI at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Jack-Davies earned a PhD in urban teacher education with a concentration on cultural and policy studies and has taught in the areas of feminist pedagogy, Black feminisms and critical theory.

In previous roles, she has provided strategic planning, change management and leadership development support to federal agencies in Canada including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
Global Affairs Canada, Corrections Canada and the Privy Council of Canada.

She is also currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Urban Planning at Queen’s University and has appeared widely in the media discussing diversity in the workplace. Jack-Davies is author of the much anticipated memoir, Lawrencia’s Last Parang: On Loss and Belonging as a Black Woman in Canada (May 2023).