Davis Baird serves as the Director of Federal Health & Aging Policy at the SCAN Foundation. For the past decade, he has been honored to work in various roles focused on improving the quality of life for vulnerable older adults and people with serious and chronic illnesses. Prior to SCAN, he served as the Vice President of Hospice Policy & Advocacy at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Previously, he was the Policy & Advocacy Manager at the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), and a Program Manager at the National Association for Area Agencies on Aging (now USAging).
He’s led federal legislative strategy and engagement on end-of-life care issues, built strategic policy-focused partnerships across organizations dedicated to improving advanced illness care, and helped facilitate grant-funded work to better connect the aging and disability network with traditional health care entities. He has a Masters in Gerontology from the University of Southern California (USC) and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the College of Charleston. Davis lives just outside of Washington, DC with his partner and their precious Staffordshire Terrier Nola. He is a hack guitarist and embarrassing basketball player, but still somehow enjoys both immensely.