Allison Jeanne Davis (born April 7, 1953) is an American television and non-profit executive. Davis was born in

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. After graduating from

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with a journalism degree in 1975, Davis began working at

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. She was a founding member of the

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. She rose through the ranks in news, becoming an on air reporter at

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in Pittsburgh, a writer-producer at

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, helped launch

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and from 1998 to 2004, Davis served as senior vice president/creative of CBS and Dunbar Productions. In the nonprofit world, Davis was vice president, chief operating officer, and special assistant to the

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's chief executive from 2004 to 2009.

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