Chief Officer for Program Support and Senior Vice President for Texas
WestCare Foundation/Westcare Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Beverly Watts Davis has spent her career working in disadvantaged communities to ensure access to health and human services, safe neighborhoods, and opportunities for economic stability. Her work has been recognized with three Secretariat Awards for Outstanding work by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and she was selected by the Attorney General of the United States as the first Texan to receive the Volunteer of the Year Award for the prevention of juvenile delinquency. She was also awarded with the National Faith-Based and Community Leadership Award for the engagement of faith-based organizations in behavioral health, the PRIDE National Youth Leadership Award for ensuring the youth prevention was supported and funded, and the National Prevention Network Achievement Award for leadership in the Prevention field.
She has been inducted into the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame, received the Distinguished Achievement and Courage Award by the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, was honored by the San Antonio Bar Foundation with the prestigious PEACEMAKER Award, and was selected by Trinity University as a Distinguished Alumni. She has received the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director's Award for Community Leadership, the Department of Defense (DOD) Commander's Award for Outstanding Leadership, and the National Crime Prevention Council's "Outstanding Citizen Advocate Award" for crime prevention.
She serves on the Board of Directors of the Ella Austin Community Center, the Housing First Homeless Community Coalition, and Annie’s List that supports women candidates for Texas political offices. She has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), the National Crime Prevention Council, the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, the National Family Partnership, the National Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Higher Education, the Women's Chamber of Commerce of Texas, and the Texas Mental Health Association.
Beverly Watts Davis brings a unique set of experiences and network to the behavioral health field as a former Elected Official, a Director of a Federal Agency, a Non-profit agency Director, an Adjunct Professor, a Community Organizer, and effective Policy Advocate which has facilitated her success in the prevention and behavioral health field.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
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