Ethel Davis (diplomat)

Davis earned a master's degree in Business Administration from the George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Liberia.^[1]

In 2009, three people working under Davis at the Central Bank of Liberia were accused of illegally transferring funds.^[3] During the investigation, Davis resigned from her position as Deputy Bank Governor.^[4] While she was found not culpable, she resigned to allow the investigation to proceed.^[5]

Her work in Liberia has included working on the Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia,^[6][7][8] a crisis she likened to war^[9] which required global action.^[10] Davis worked with multiple companies and towns in Germany encouraging aid for Liberia during the epidemic.^[11][12] During this period, she note that Ebola came to Liberia from Guinea,^[9] and thus the epidemic is only one plane ride away from Germany.^[13] In 2014 deaths from Ebola challenged Liberia's economy and social cohesion, as Davis noted during a global health summit in Berlin.^[14][15]