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Mr. Wendell McClain Davis, MBA, MUP

Managing Principal Sixty-Revolutions LLC

Organization: Sixty-Revolutions LLC

Burlington , NC 27215

Cell: 919 308 5811

Membership: Life (Active)


Wendell M. Davis is the county manager for Durham County, North Carolina. Durham is regarded among the most progressive, innovative and rapidly growing communities in the southeast and one of 66 counties in the nation that enjoys a double AAA bond rating. As the chief executive officer for county government operations, Wendell manages a half-billion-dollar budget and approximately 2,000 employees. At present, he is leading his organization through a major transformation by introducing a strategic approach for governance with metrics and data as the principal drivers for decision making. Most recently, under his leadership, Durham County leads the way as the only county in the southeastern United States that has implemented a $15 per hour livable wage and paid parental leave. Wendell is a graduate of North Carolina Central University with B.A. and B.S. degrees in Geography and Sociology. He also did post graduate work at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois earning a Master of Urban Planning, and a Master of Business Administration in Management from Southeastern University, Washington, DC. Along with completing the County Administration Course at the School of Government, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he completed the school’s graduate Public Executive Leadership Academy. He has been happily married for more than 30 years to his wife Marlena. They are the proud parents of two young budding scientists: Jasmin of Tampa, Florida, and Wynton of Charlotte, North Carolina.