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In addition to his work in sports, Wade is currently consulting and advising at Netflix, Google, 21st Century Fox, Viacom and others to co-create transformative solutions to build inclusive corporate cultures. Viacom. Copyright 2018 Wade Davis. See others named Wade Davis Wade’s public profile badge. All rights reserved.
Wade is the NFL’s first LGBT inclusion consultant and currently consults for numerous professional sports leagues on issues at the intersection sexism, racism and homophobia. Greater New York City Area. Wade is a Global Champion for Innovation for UN Women, as well as a member of the National Fair Housing Alliance 50th Anniversary committee. A former national surrogate for President Obama, Wade has been an Adjunct Professor at the NYU School of Professional Studies Tisch Institute for Sports Management, Media, and Business and has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Rutgers University School of Public Affairs and Administration. In solidarity with the #MeToo movement, Time’s Up Now and Wade are collaborating to develop curricula and initiatives to remove the institutional barriers that women face in the workplace. In 2014 Wade received an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from Northeastern University for his leadership and ongoing efforts to eradicate homophobia and sexism in athletics. He continues to lecture on the intersections of race, sexuality, gender, and sports at universities nationally and internationally.

Mr. Wade C. Davis is a Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Viacom, Inc. Understanding the importance of engaging men around gender equity and equality, Wade built a ‘Men’s Gender Equality Development’ leadership program that he launched with the United Nations and other organizations in 2018. Former NFL Player Wade Davis is a thought leader, public speaker, and consultant on gender, race, and orientation equality. See Wade C Davis's compensation, career history, education, & memberships. In 2012, Wade was named the Executive Director of the You Can Play Project, an organization dedicated to ending discrimination, sexism, and homophobia in sports. Wade C Davis is CEO/Founder at ForgeLight LLC. Wade gave his first TEDx Talk at the University of Florida entitled: The Mask of Masculinity, and he looks to continually engage men through a variety of vehicles to become more self-reflective and divest in patriarchal practices. inclusion-training sessions for coaches and players, Global Champion for Innovation for UN Women. Wade creates league-wide inclusive leadership strategies, leads inclusion-training sessions for coaches and players, and builds and launches national engagement initiatives. As investors circle Hispanic media giant Univision Communications, former Viacom chief financial officer and investment banker Wade Davis continues in the mix as some new names emerge.