Carmen Davis

Carmen Davis is a proud Native American woman and member of the Makah Nation and also from the Chippewa-Cree and Yakama Tribes. She is extremely devoted to her culture and has spent her professional and personal life impacting native communities across North America.
Carmen is the publisher and executive editor of Native Business Magazine, president of Davis Strategy Group and owner of the Native Style clothing brand. Carmen has garnered more than 20 years of nationwide business operations, marketing and media experience and spends a great deal of her time serving as a public speaker and mentor across Indian Country.
In 2009, Carmen was named one of the first recipients of the NCAIEDs prestigious, “40 Under 40” award which recognizes up and coming Native American community leaders.
Carmen previously served as president of the non-profit organization, the Association for American Indian Development and its initiative, the Reach the Rez (RTR) program, the largest continuous effort of outreach ever conducted to American Indian communities.
Carmen managed RTR’s national fundraising efforts while simultaneously organizing and planning the project. When the project launched, she facilitated and managed the effort’s logistics by traveling to 450 Native American Tribes and communities across the country.
Today, Carmen continues to create and lead initiatives that have a positive and lasting impact on Native communities across North America.
  • Superpower: Knowing where I get my strength...The Creator.
  • Kryptonite: Chocolate Chip Cookies.
  • Known on the streets for: Spreading positivity, hope, and encouragement.
  • When not at work: I am fully engaged with my family, being a wife, and a mother to three sons, and supporting their interests, school, and sports. I am also doing my best to break cycles, healing from intergenerational trauma, and becoming the best version of myself.
  • I identify as: Makah, Yakama, Chippewa-Cree, woman, Indigenous, Native American, Entrepreneur.
  • I dedicate my work at the Tubman Center for Health & Freedom to…:  My family, my sons, the next generation and my ancestors, who sacrificed so we can live and thrive, not just survive.