BATON ROUGE, La. – East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Elect Sid Edwards has named Baton Rouge businessman Charlie Davis as his interim Chief Administrative Officer.
Davis, 48, is a successful entrepreneur, community activist and investor with more than 25 years of experience building and scaling organizations. He is a native of the Greater Baton Rouge area and holds a degree in economics from LSU.
“Charlie loves Baton Rouge and shares my vision for building unity and improving the quality of life for every person in the parish,” Edwards said. “He’s going to help us to get off to a fast start and deliver results.”
Davis is the founder and CEO of Moxey, a unique small business network across Louisiana. He currently serves as secretary of the Republican Party of Louisiana and vice president of New Schools for Baton Rouge. He co-founded MasteryPrep, a Baton Rouge-based startup company that helps underprivileged students across the country raise their ACT scores. Davis is also an Eagle Scout.
“I’m looking forward to helping Coach Sid make Baton Rouge an even better place to grow up, to raise a family, and to start a company. Coach Sid is the leader that our community needs, and I’m honored to be on his team,” Davis said.
As CAO, Davis will work with the Mayor-President to establish goals for departments and individual administrators, assess policies and staffing needs, and collaborate on financial strategies and help to analyze the city-parish government’s budget.
Davis and his wife of 19 years, Ellen, have four children. They are members of Grace Life Fellowship.
