Jeff Davis is the Executive Director for the California AfterSchool Network (CAN). Jeff has worked with CAN since its inception, first as Program Coordinator, then as Program Director and Executive Director. Jeff had the fortunate opportunity to begin his career in expanded learning as an Americorps volunteer in the CalServes expanded learning program.

Throughout his tenure with CAN, Jeff has had the opportunity to make many meaningful contributions to the expanded learning field. He has played an integral role in creating quality frameworks including the California Afterschool Program Quality Self-Assessment Tool and the  Quality Standards for Expanded Learning in California. Mr. Davis organized diverse stakeholders to support older youth programs, advance after school nutrition and physical activity, address unique rural program needs, and provide effective supports for English learners, promote Social-Emotional Learning, and advance STEM learning.

Jeff is part of the System of Support for Expanded Learning, the K-12 Statewide System of Support, and serves as a Subject Matter Expert for the Capacity Grants as well as a member of the Children Youth and Families Network of the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative. Mr. Davis facilitated the convening of the Whole Child Health and Wellness Collaborative that recently released their Statement of Strategic Direction Toward Equity-Driven Whole Child Health and Wellness. The vision for this equity-driven approach to whole child health and wellness is summarized in his recent blog post, California’s Golden Opportunity and summarized these statewide efforts in a chapter of It Takes and Ecosystem: Understanding the People, Places, and Possibilities of Learning and Development Across Settings.  He is also one of many authors of Supporting California’s Children Through a Whole Child Approach: A Field Guide for Creating Integrated, School-Based Systems of Care, and a contributor to Strengthening Coherence Across Initiatives: A Whole Child Lens 

A little-known fact about Jeff is that some say he has the most formidable calves in OST.  In his spare time, Jeff enjoys gardening in his backyard, bicycling the American River Parkway, seeing and playing music, traveling, supporting his children in their youth sports and theatre enrichments, and spending quality time with his daughter Zoe and his son Austin.