Appointed in 2007, Mike Davis, Ph.D., is the eleventh head of school in Colorado Academy’s (CA) more than 110-year history. Under his leadership, CA has expanded both its experiential and global education offerings, broadened the school’s work in equity and inclusivity, and maintained a mission-based balance of academics, arts and athletics. He also teaches two history courses and leads student trips. He has served on the faculty of NAIS’s Aspiring Head’s Institute since 2017 and also serves on the Association for Colorado Independent Schools board. Davis came to CA after serving as head of the upper school at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. There, he also chaired the history department, curriculum committee and directed the school’s outdoor education program. His academic background includes a bachelor’s degree from The College of Wooster; a master’s degree and doctorate from Vanderbilt University; as well as numerous teaching, research, and dissertation fellowships and grants, including the Klingenstein Fellowship, Klingenstein Center Teachers College, Columbia University, the Dwight Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Dissertation Fellowship and the JFK Presidential Library’s Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship.