Beverly Watts- Davis, MA served as Director of the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) from 2006-2008 and has spent her career working in disadvantaged communities to ensure access to health and human services, safe neighborhoods, and opportunities for economic stability. Beverly has over 30 years of experience in leading and managing public agencies, non-profit organizations, and private companies. She has served in multiple leadership capacities including Senior Vice President of the United Way of SA, State Director for the Corporation for National and Community Service, and an elected official in Travis County (11 years), and the Board of Directors of the Ella Austin Community Center, National Association of Drug Court Professionals, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), the National Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Higher Education, the Texas Mental Health Association and Texas Task Force for State and Local Drug.
Her work has been recognized with three Secretariat Awards for Outstanding work by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and she was selected by the Attorney General of the United States as the first Texan to receive the Volunteer of the Year Award for the prevention of juvenile delinquency. She has been inducted into the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame, received the Distinguished Achievement and Courage Award by the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, was honored by the San Antonio Bar Foundation with the prestigious PEACEMAKER Award, and was selected by Trinity University as a Distinguished Alumni. She has received the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director's Award for Community Leadership, the Department of Defense (DOD) Commander's Award for Outstanding Leadership, and the National Crime Prevention Council's "Outstanding Citizen Advocate Award" for crime prevention.
Her work has been recognized with three Secretariat Awards for Outstanding work by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and she was selected by the Attorney General of the United States as the first Texan to receive the Volunteer of the Year Award for the prevention of juvenile delinquency. She has been inducted into the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame, received the Distinguished Achievement and Courage Award by the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, was honored by the San Antonio Bar Foundation with the prestigious PEACEMAKER Award, and was selected by Trinity University as a Distinguished Alumni. She has received the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director's Award for Community Leadership, the Department of Defense (DOD) Commander's Award for Outstanding Leadership, and the National Crime Prevention Council's "Outstanding Citizen Advocate Award" for crime prevention.
