Emergency Management Director

Ashley Davis serves as the Emergency Management Director and Assistant Vice President for Florida A&M University (FAMU) with the Division of Student Affairs. In 2021, he joined FAMU after fifteen years in Florida disaster preparedness and response. Ashley has served with the State Emergency Response Team of Florida during hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, oil spills, wildfires, and pandemics. He has responded or deployed to over 60 disasters, including 37 major declared disasters that impacted Florida or the nation.

In the summer of 2004, Hurricane Ivan impacted his home, job, and schooling and marked the beginning of his career in emergency management. Ashley lost his house and job due to Hurricane Ivan's impacts. Ashley transferred to Florida State University to study Emergency Management and Homeland Security at the undergraduate and graduate levels. During the Fall semester of 2022, Ashley began his doctoral studies at FAMU in Educational Leadership.

“Emergency management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework with which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.” (FEMA, 2022)

 

Ashley H. Davis, MS, CEM, FPEM | Division of Finance and Administration
Emergency Management Director & Assistant Vice President