Merry Davis serves as Director of Health Through Food at the Blue Cross NC Foundation, where she leads the organization’s enterprise-wide Health Through Food strategy. Guided by a belief that everyone, no matter where they live, should have access to healthy, affordable food. Merry partners with community organizations, health care, philanthropy, and government to advance community-driven solutions and systems-level changes.
Since joining the Foundation in 2016, she has drawn on her experience in strategy, program design, project management, and communications to strengthen North Carolina’s leadership in Food is Medicine and elevate the role of locally grown food in supporting healthier communities. Merry’s commitment to this work is rooted in the wide-reaching impact food can have, not only on individual health, but also on local nonprofits, farms, and rural economies. Over the past 20+ years, she has worked at leading organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, California Health Care Foundation, Duke University, and RTI International. Outside of work, Merry enjoys hiking near the Eno River, visiting farmers markets, and discovering North Carolina’s hidden gems. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
