Aimée Eubanks Davis

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Braven

Aimée Eubanks Davis, CEO and Founder: Aimée is the founder and CEO of Braven. Growing up in low-income and underrepresented communities in Chicago, and working with young people from similar backgrounds, Aimée was inspired to start Braven based on her belief that our next generation of leaders can emerge from anywhere. At Braven, Aimée leads the organization’s vision and direction with a unique understanding of the challenges too many students face while striving to fulfill the American promise. Aimée holds many affiliations, including being an Obama Fellow, Pahara-Aspen Fellow, a member of the Global Aspen Leadership Network, a Braddock Scholar, a Draper Richards Foundation Entrepreneur and a Camelback Ventures Fellow. She also sits on the boards of Zearn, Relay, and OneGoal. Aimée is a 2020 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow as well as a 2019 Obama Foundation Fellow and was #13 on Essence Magazine’s 50 Black Women Founders to Watch list. Braven has been featured in New York Times bestselling author George Anders’ book You Can Do Anything: the Surprising Power of a ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Education, in author Kathleen Kelly Janus’ book Social Startup Success, The Atlantic, the San Jose Mercury News, The New England Journal of Higher Education, EdSurge, Forbes, The Clayton Christensen Institute, The Chicago Tribune, and on WBEZ. She also gave a TED talk for The Way We Work series. Aimée resides in Chicago with her husband, Marcus, and their three children, Hudson, Aïda, and Esmé.

Monday, April 7, 2025

4:25 pm
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4:45 pm

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