Sheila F. Davies

Sheila F. Davies serves as Adjunct Faculty with expertise spanning public health administration and community health services. She currently holds dual leadership roles as Director of Health and Human Services and Public Health Director for Dare County, North Carolina, a position she assumed in 2014 after pioneering statewide telepsychiatry initiatives.

Her professional focus centers on Public Health infrastructure development, Telepsychiatry implementation in emergency settings, Substance Abuse prevention systems, and Mental Health Services integration. Dr. Davies has demonstrated exceptional program-building capabilities through the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (deployed across 50+ hospital emergency departments) and Dare County's Substance Abuse Demonstration Project, which established outpatient treatment clinics and evidence-based school prevention programs.

Dr. Davies maintains extensive community leadership through critical appointments including:

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Telemental Health Services expert panel
• N.C. Institute of Medicine’s Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease
• Currituck-Dare Community Foundation Board of Directors
• PORT Human Services Board of Directors
• Outer Banks Family YMCA Board of Directors
• Dare Coalition Against Substance Abuse Board of Directors
• Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
• Dare Literacy Foundation Board of Directors

Concurrently serving her fourth term as elected Mayor of Kill Devil Hills since 2011, she exemplifies cross-sector governance bridging public health administration, municipal leadership, and community coalition building.