Dr. Baron R. Davis

Superintendent in Residence

Dr. Baron R. Davis is the founder and CEO of the Noegenesis Group, a solution-focused and outcomes-driven educational think tank and consulting firm. During his educational career, Dr. Davis served as a successful school leader in rural, urban, and suburban school systems, including as superintendent of Richland School District 2 in Columbia, South Carolina, where he served as the first Black superintendent in the district’s 100-year history. In addition to his role as superintendent in residence with 7 Mindsets, Dr. Davis currently serves as senior advisor at Digital Promise, where he supports the organization’s mission to shape the future of learning and advance equitable education system, and as superintendent in residence in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies at the University of South Carolina.