Andrea Shapiro Davis

Andrea Shapiro Davis was appointed Executive Director of the NYC Commission on Women’s Issues by Mayor Bloomberg in June 2012. She joined the Bloomberg administration in 2002 as Executive Director of the Mayor’s Committee on Appointments which assists the Mayor in the recruitment and evaluation of highly qualified persons for appointment to boards and commissions. In that capacity, Ms. Davis, along with Nathan Leventhal, the Chair of the Committee, also leads nationwide searches to identify candidates for commissioner level positions. In 2008, Mayor Bloomberg appointed her as his Special Advisor for Executive Searches which entails conducting specialized searches for senior executives in city agencies. She will continue to perform these functions in addition to her new duties as head of the Commission on Women’s Issues. Prior to joining the Bloomberg Administration, Ms. Davis served as the Director of Development and External Relations at the CUNY School of Law from 1993 to 2002. Ms. Davis is a graduate of Queens College, where she was the first female president of the student association, and Hofstra University School of Law. She was an Assistant District Attorney in Queens County from 1984 to 1988, and worked in a law firm representing doctors and hospitals accused of medical malpractice from 1989 to 1992. Ms. Davis currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Queens College Foundation and the Advisory Board of the Promise Project,