Sport, New Masculinity, Feminism, Inclusion Strategy & Activism
Wade A. Davis
Sportsman, Executive Educator, Inclusion Strategy & Consulting, Speaker
Former NFL Player Wade Davis is a thought leader, public speaker, and writer on gender, race, and orientation equality.
Wade is currently the VP of Inclusion Strategy for Product at Netflix and has consulted with Google, MTV/VH1, 21st Century Fox, AppNexus and others to co-create transformative solutions to build inclusive corporate cultures. Additionally, Wade has coached senior leaders of F500 as well as Universities & Sports Bodies to adapt and flex their leadership styles to meet the needs of shifting cultural expectations and to develop their employee and stakeholder populations.
In solidarity with the #MeToo movement, Time’s Up Now and Wade are currently collaborating to remove the institutional barriers that women face in the workplace. He has partnered with the Ms. Foundation and Ebony Magazine where he launched the #BlackMenAndFeminism campaign and with the Ms. Foundation’s #MyFeminismIs campaign.
As Executive Director of the You Can Play Project, Davis has partnered on gender & inclusion education with the NFL, NHL, MLB, MLS, WWE, and the Canadian Olympic Committee. He has held Adjunct Professor roles at both the NYU School of Professional Studies (Tisch Institute for Sports Management, Media, and Business) and the Rutgers University School of Public Affairs and Administration.
He is a frequent guest on every major TV station and his essays have been published in the Los Angeles Times, the Advocate, Huffington Post, the New York Times, Ebony, the Guardian, and the White House Blog. Davis has also succeeded as an actor and television consultant on shows like American Crime, with Oscar-winner John Ridley and delivered his first TEDx talk on The Mask of Masculinity in Florida
in 2016.
Prior to turning his focus to leading men to action on Gender Equality, he played for the Tennessee Titans, the Washington Redskins, and the Seattle Seahawks, and 2 teams in the NFL Europe league.
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and in 2014 received an honorary Doctorate of Public Service from Northeastern University for his leadership and ongoing efforts to eradicate homophobia and sexism in athletics.
More Advisory Board
Former NFL Player Wade Davis is a thought leader, public speaker, and writer on gender, race, and orientation equality.
Wade is currently the VP of Inclusion Strategy for Product at Netflix and has consulted with Google, MTV/VH1, 21st Century Fox, AppNexus and others to co-create transformative solutions to build inclusive corporate cultures. Additionally, Wade has coached senior leaders of F500 as well as Universities & Sports Bodies to adapt and flex their leadership styles to meet the needs of shifting cultural expectations and to develop their employee and stakeholder populations.
In solidarity with the #MeToo movement, Time’s Up Now and Wade are currently collaborating to remove the institutional barriers that women face in the workplace. He has partnered with the Ms. Foundation and Ebony Magazine where he launched the #BlackMenAndFeminism campaign and with the Ms. Foundation’s #MyFeminismIs campaign.
As Executive Director of the You Can Play Project, Davis has partnered on gender & inclusion education with the NFL, NHL, MLB, MLS, WWE, and the Canadian Olympic Committee. He has held Adjunct Professor roles at both the NYU School of Professional Studies (Tisch Institute for Sports Management, Media, and Business) and the Rutgers University School of Public Affairs and Administration.
He is a frequent guest on every major TV station and his essays have been published in the Los Angeles Times, the Advocate, Huffington Post, the New York Times, Ebony, the Guardian, and the White House Blog. Davis has also succeeded as an actor and television consultant on shows like American Crime, with Oscar-winner John Ridley and delivered his first TEDx talk on The Mask of Masculinity in Florida
in 2016.
Prior to turning his focus to leading men to action on Gender Equality, he played for the Tennessee Titans, the Washington Redskins, and the Seattle Seahawks, and 2 teams in the NFL Europe league.
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and in 2014 received an honorary Doctorate of Public Service from Northeastern University for his leadership and ongoing efforts to eradicate homophobia and sexism in athletics.
