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Meet Carmen Davis

Carmen Davis is an enrolled member of the Makah Nation, and of the Chippewa Cree and Yakama Tribes. She has served Indian Country as a successful business woman and recognized indigenous community leader for over 25 years.

Mrs. Davis has continuously committed herself to leading initiatives that have a positive and lasting impact on Native communities across North America. Her decades of experience and service to Indian Country as an entrepreneur have resulted in her successfully establishing, operating and growing several businesses in multiple fields of endeavor.

Mrs. Davis is President and Co-Founder of Davis Strategy Group, a consulting, business services and media production firm with an array of tribal, corporate and private industry clients. She is no stranger to massive productions having served as President of the Association for American Indian Development where, over the span of five years, she spearheaded all aspects of the multi-faceted, “Reach the Rez” project – which still stands as the single largest national effort of outreach in Indian Country.

Most recently, Mrs. Davis helped launch, and is Vice President of, IndigiStudios, a 100% owned and operated indigenous film and production company with a slate of theatrical, episodic, and documentary projects, all centered around the company’s mission of reclaiming the indigenous narrative in film and television.

Carmen was named in 2009 as one of the first recipients of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s prestigious, “40 Under 40” award which recognizes up and coming community and business leaders from across Indian Country.

A highly regarded keynote speaker in Indian Country, Carmen has delivered speeches on tribal, corporate and event stages ranging from PNC Bank to the Navajo Nation to the “Native Women’s Business Summit”.