Fred Davie

(He/Him/His)

Senior Strategic Advisor to the President – Union Theological Seminary

“I am thankful for this opportunity provided by Mayor Adams, First Deputy Mayor Wright, and Commissioner Sherman to serve on this Advisory Board,” said Fred Davie, Senior Strategic Advisor to the President, Union Theology. “As one who served on the former Racial Justice Commission that proposed and advanced these amendments, I am eager to join my fellow board members to see to their implementation. Overcoming racial equities requires a systemic, systematic, and sustained effort. That’s what this advisory group and these charter amendments will provide once implemented. I look forward to providing guidance to this end.” 

Rev. Frederick Davie has extensive experience in public service, nonprofit executive management and philanthropy. Rev. Davie is Senior Strategic Advisor at Union Seminary, where he was Executive Vice President for over a decade. He is also a Senior Advisor at Interfaith America. Rev. Davie is Chair of the NYS Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government and a Commissioner of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. He chaired the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board and was a Commissioner on the NYC Racial Justice Commission. He served on the Obama White House Faith Council; as Deputy Borough President of Manhattan; chief of staff to a deputy mayor in the Dinkins administration; chief of staff to the President of the NYC Board of Education; program officer at The Ford Foundation; and Senior Director at Arcus. Rev. Davie is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and Greensboro College, and an ordained Presbyterian minister.