Davis is passionate about service. Her early career focused on gender equity and women’s advancement. From 1982 to 1985, Davis was the Assistant Director of the American Council on Education. In 1985, Davis joined the Benjamin E. Mays Center as the organization’s Executive Director. The organizations’ work involved sustainable development, technology, and global education.

In 2000, Davis started environmental justice work after attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in The Hague. Attending the UN Climate Summit sparked her interest in climate justice. Since her first UN Climate Summit, Davis has attended subsequent UNFCCC meetings in Dakar, Durban, Geneva, Cancun, Bangkok, Copenhagen, and more, with an international focus on social, economic, and environmental equity. In 2000, she joined Ozone Action as the Georgia Airkeeper Director. In this position, Davis mentored a group of women and minority climate activists. 

Davis attended several UN summits on technology, women, and climate change and utilized her experiences to create “eco-cyber-centers” in Ghana, Senegal, and South Africa. The centers integrated digital technology, environmental stewardship, and cultural exchange.  

Davis is a part of Gender CC-Women for Climate Justice, an international coalition that advocates for gender-equitable climate policy. Davis is the North America Focal Point for the organization. 

In 2005, Davis joined the Georgia Conservancy as Director of the newly created Mothers and Others for Clean Air. She stayed in this position until 2007. Also in 2005, Davis co-founded and served as vice president of Women Flying High, LLC. She was Vice President until 2009.

In 2010, Davis became the Director of Facilities and Infrastructure Enhancement at United Negro College Fund (UNCF). UNCF is a philanthropic organization that provides scholarships to Black students and operates a scholarship fund for 37 HBCUs.

In 2013, Davis left UNCF and joined Clark Atlanta University as the Building Green Initiative Director. She then served as director of the Buiding Green Initiative. The Building Green Initiative promotes sustainability efforts at tribal colleges, universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and HBCUs. In 2014, Davis managed the Green Ambassador program sponsored by UNCF and Toyota. The program supported student green ambassadors at 27 HBCUs.

In 2015, to further her work funding green and sustainable development projects at HBCUs, Davis founded the HBCU Green Fund. The fund finances institutions and supports their efforts to increase their economic and environmental sustainability.

Davis is on the leadership team for InTeGrate Geoscience, an NSF-funded program at Carleton College’s Science Education Resource Center that advances interdisciplinary teaching about Earth for a Sustainable Future. Davis co-leads the HBCU Geosciences Working Group and is the Co-Chair for the 92nd National Technical Association Annual Conference.

Davis is also a founding board member of Green 2.0, an initiative dedicated to increasing diversity in the environmental sector. Davis is an alumnus of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership. She was also a senior fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program. Davis serves on many boards, including the Georgia Coalition of Black Women and the National Coalition’s Black Women’s Roundtable. Since 1995, Davis has contributed to DogonVillage.com, an African American-focused website. Davis is proudly the mother of Brower award-winning millennial activist Illai Kenney.

In 2018, Davis was recognized for her clean energy activism with a billboard naming her one of three “Atlanta Power Women” for actor Mark Ruffalo’s ATL100 campaign.