J. Davis

Secretary

J. Davis led a charmed, privileged life well into his late 20’s, where, with the exception of a high school friend with polio, he was surrounded with people he perceived to be healthy and able-bodied. Perception and privilege are the key words there.

In the 1980s, his love of skiing and a friend whose brother had a head-injury, led Mr. Davis to adaptive skiing with The Unrecables, the Los Angeles chapter of Move United. The Unrecables brought him deep and lasting friendships and taught him that with the right adaptive equipment and support, people with disabilities are just as able as anyone.

Mr. Davis is a certified adaptive instructor with the Professional Ski Instructors of America and has been teaching for over 30 years. In addition to his volunteer work with the Unrecables skiing at Mammoth Mountain California, he also has been an instructor at the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Aspen Colorado for the last 10 years. He has served on the Unrecables board as President and as Ski School Director.

Mr. Davis is an advocate and activist for the human rights of marginalized people, including the disabled community, women, people of color, and the LGBTQIA+ community, the 99%, as well as for peace and disarmament.

J. Davis has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah and had a highly successful career in high tech software sales. He now runs a Specialty Tea business and teaches yoga among his other activities.