Mr. Davis retired as a Colonel from the United States Marine Corps and is currently the National Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer for the Young Marines of the Marine Corps League. Col Davis joined the Young Marines in July 2015. He was formerly the Commandant of the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy (NOMMA) from June 2011 to June 2015. Col Davis led the creation of NOMMA, a High School serving the New Orleans Metropolitan area, where all students are MCJROTC Cadets and many were Young Marines. Col Davis retired in 2011 after 24 years in the Marine Corps. His last 5 years were spent as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Facilities at Marine Forces Reserve where he oversaw over $1 billion in construction and other projects across the country. He was the lead Marine Corps negotiator for new Marine Forces Reserve Headquarters.  Col Davis has served tours as a staff officer at Headquarters Marine Corps, Marine Corps Systems Command, and Marine Forces Reserve. He was the Regimental Logistics Officer for 24th Marines and a combat veteran of Desert Shield and Desert Storm serving with 1st MEB and CSSD-131. He also spent 2 years at Joint Task Force Civil Support within the United States Northern Command working international and domestic response to weapons of mass destruction during which he supported the 2006 Winter Olympics and Joint Task Force Katrina.

Col Davis and his wife Brenda reside in Northern Virginia. Mrs. Davis volunteers for the Young Marines, bringing over 2 decades of family program training experience to the program. They have two sons, Matt is a promotion producer at WVUE TV and Brad is the Content Editor for the National Association of Government Purchasing Professionals.