Saudia Davis

Saudia Davis is a "multi-hyphenate" producer, developer, creative entrepreneur, and creative strategist with over 25 years of experience in the creative sector focused on the business of entertainment. The combination of her corporate background, passion for ideation, connectivity, problem solving and resource development enable her to generate impact. Saudia is applauded for a 1000 seat theatre development, Kehrein Center for the Arts, KCA in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, where she also created the vision for how the venue operates in community engagement. She creates places for creatives to play on stage and on camera.

Saudia has worked with Academy Award, Grammy Award, Tony Award and Clio Award winning talent like Roman Coppola, Randy Fletcher, Spike Lee, Janusz Kaminski, Bob Merlotti and others early. Francis Ford Coppola gave her the best advice that guides how she does business to this day. She plays the upright bass.