Pamela Davies, Ph.D

Dr. Pamela Davies is President Emerita and Professor of Strategy at Queens University of Charlotte, where she served as President for 17 years. During her tenure, the university doubled in enrollment, significantly expanded academic programming, and invested more than $150M in new campus infrastructure. The Queens Endowment grew over $120M under her leadership. Prior to her presidency at Queens, Dr. Davies served as the Dean of both the McColl School of Business at Queens and the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University.

Dr. Davies is highly involved in non-profit organizations both nationally and locally. She has served as vice chair of the Board of the YMCA of the USA and is a Trustee of the Charlotte YMCA. She serves on the boards of Advocate Health (formerly Atrium), the Duke Endowment and the Center for Creative Leadership. 

She has received numerous awards over the years including North Carolina’s highest honor, the Order of the Longleaf Pine, the City of Charlotte’s highest honor, the Order of the Hornet, the Charlotte Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement award, both the John R. Mott Award and the Servant Leader Award from the YMCA of Greater Charlotte and the Excellence in Leadership Award given by the Charlotte Rotary. Woman of the Year 2017.