Will Davis is currently the Director of the United Nations Information Center in Washington, DC.  In this capacity, he is the United Nation’s senior representative in Washington, serving as a spokesman for the organization and working with officials in the Executive Branch, the Congress, the media, civil society and the business community to further the relationship between the UN and its largest contributing Member state.

Before joining the United Nations, Mr. Davis was the Director for Global and Functional Affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of Legislative Affairs.  Mr. Davis oversaw the Department’s interaction with the Congress on global priorities such as international organizations, human rights, refugees, counter-narcotics and international environmental affairs.  He led a staff of ten foreign policy professionals who served as liaisons with the Congress.  Mr. Davis was also the Department’s senior legislative adviser on relations with Congress regarding the Secretary of State’s Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization.

From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Davis was the Deputy Head of the Public Affairs Division for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an international organization based in Paris, France.  Mr. Davis served as the OECD’s main liaison with the private sector, organized labor, non-governmental organizations, and parliamentarians.  He was also instrumental in establishing the now annual OECD Forum, one of the world’s largest high-level civil society/government summits. From 1998-2001, Mr. Davis was the Head of Center for Public Affairs of the OECD’s Washington Office, responsible for all aspects of the OECD’s outreach in the United States and Canada.

From 1990-1998, Mr. Davis served in the State Department’s Bureau of Legislative Affairs and on the White House’s National Security Council (NSC) staff.  At the State Department, Mr. Davis became expert on the annual budget and appropriations process, particularly with respect to funding for foreign assistance.  At the NSC, he worked closely with the President’s National Security Adviser and other senior White House and Administration officials, coordinating legislative strategy on major foreign policy matters, such as funding for international affairs programs, trade and sanctions issues, peacekeeping, and counter-narcotics activities.

Mr. Davis’ other government service includes tenure as a Presidential Management Intern in the White House Office of Administration, as well as assignments with the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mr. Davis graduated cum laude from Duke University with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science.  He subsequently earned a Master’s Degree in Public Policy Studies, also from Duke University. He is married with two children and resides in Bethesda, MD.