Sylvia Davis, University of Tennessee vice president for strategic planning and operations joined UT in 1994. She is responsible for the university’s strategic planning process, system-wide institutional research and performance assessment, THEC coordination on resource acquisition, fiscal review contract processing, trademark licensing, management of graphic arts, mail services, transportation services, warehousing, and surplus property, and provides special budgetary counsel on state appropriations.
Since coming to UT, Davis has served in various positions including bursar, budget director, assistant and associate vice president for budget and finance, and vice president for administration and finance. Davis came to UT from the Tennessee Board of Regents, where she was associate vice chancellor for business and finance. Previously she worked in the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration and the office of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury.
Davis holds two degrees from the University of Alabama—the undergraduate degree in accounting and the MBA.
She serves on the University Health Systems board of directors, the University of Tennessee Athletics Board, UT Chattanooga Athletics Board, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Council of Business Affairs, and the Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership finance committee. Davis is also a sponsor for UT’s Knoxville Area Exempt Staff Council.
Sylvia Davis
sylvia.davis@tennessee.edu
Contact: Diane McNeil
mcneild@tennessee.edu
865-974-8036
