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Television executive
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Boston University College of Communication
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Allison Jeanne Davis (born April 7, 1953, New York, New York) is a television and non-profit executive.
After graduating from Boston University with a journalism degree in 1975, Davis began working at WBZ-TV.She was a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
She rose through the ranks in news, becoming an on air reporter at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, a writer-producer at NBC, helped launch MSNBC and from 1998 to 2004, Davis served as senior vice president/creative of CBS and Dunbar Productions.
In the nonprofit world, Davis was vice president, chief operating officer, and special assistant to the Jackie Robinson Foundation's chief executive from 2004–2009.