The Davis Leadership Center was started in the fall of 2004 with funding from The Davis Family Foundation. The center was endowed with the intention of providing Jacksonville University (both students and faculty) and the greater Jacksonville community with leadership development activities.

      Leadership is important to all organizations but we don't need the standard  issue leader of the past.  Gone are  the days when a leader can act as  a commander issuing decrees from atop the   hierarchy.    Corporations,   governments, churches,   and   even   families   need    ethical leaders who invite trust, build community, and help others realize their own goals and dreams.

       While  a  lot  of  training  programs  exist  to teach basic leadership skills,  few are dedicated to   developing   the   type  of   leaders  to   meet the needs of our present day world.  The Davis Leadership    Center   is   devoted   to   studying leadership and developing leaders with a sense of  calling  or  purpose   which  transcends   the self-interest   or   self-preservation    mentality upon    which    more    traditional     leadership programs  focus.