Bio

Superintendent Ketti Davis has served children in the Central Valley since 1992 when she began her first teaching position at Madison Elementary School in Central Unified School District. Most of her career has been invested in Central Unified, with a short time spent in the neighboring school district of Sanger Unified School District. She is a lifelong educator who remains committed to the students, staff, and community with whom she works by creating, providing, and supporting high-quality teaching & learning opportunities for children and the support parents need to ensure their well-being and ability to come to school each day able to access the world around them. 

In her 32 years in education, Mrs. Davis has supported student learning as a teacher, instructional coach, technology trainer, grant writer, and administrator of assessment and technology. For five years, she served as a school principal in Sanger Unified, at which time she facilitated a school’s academic goals that helped one school exit program improvement and another to gain Distinguished School Status. Upon return to Central Unified, she helped lead the Educational Services department and as Interim Superintendent before being named Superintendent of Central Unified in May 2022. 

Mrs. Davis was born and raised in San Jose, California. However, she has called the Central Valley her home for more than 30 years. She received her teaching credential from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from California State University, Fresno, and her administrative credential from Fresno Pacific University. Her graduate studies focused on adult learning theory and the practices and research associated with creating effective professional learning opportunities for adults in the educational organization. She has been honored by District 1 Council Member Esmeralda Soria as one of the 2021 Women of the Year, ACSA’s Curriculum and Instructional Administrator of the Year for Region 9  in 2019, and Superintendent of the Year for ACSA Region 9 in 2024.

She is married to a middle-school educator and loves spending free time with her husband and two adult children, traveling to enjoy live music, keeping up on the latest shows, reading, or being anywhere with friends.