John Davies

As one of the nation’s most respected communications strategists, John takes on a unique role as the Davies Public Affairs CEO, and Blaze PR CEO by investing his experience daily through hands-on analysis, strategy, and messaging. John has a background steeped in strategic marketing, communications and public relations essential to organizational success of large and small corporations. Regarded as a thought leader and innovator in public affairs, John understands the business of persuasion and is constantly searching for trends and methods to utilize on behalf of the firms’ clients. He applies his lifelong study of human behavior and effective communications strategies to earn attention and gain influence on the decision-making process of today’s information-saturated society. John is a sought-after speaker on messaging, persuasion, and communications. He is a founding board member of a National Bank, has served as Chair of the University of California’s Economic Forecast Project, President of the nation’s largest scholarship foundation. John and friends, through Acres of Love, have purchased upper-middle-class homes in South Africa to raise HIV-positive orphans and provide them with healthcare, education and a bright future. He has also helped found a Hands4others (H4O) chapter with his teenage children and other families to supply water to the thirsty around the world.