Sheila Davis has played a leadership role in shaping environmental policy in the high-tech industry. In 1996 Davis researched and developed the first electronic recycling legislation to reach the California Governor’s desk and in 1999 spearheaded the first pilot programs in the country to collect and recycle electronic waste from the residential curbside. Sheila’s research, advocacy and policy development led to a successful ban on hazardous electronic waste from the California municipal landfills and the subsequent passage of the first electronic recycling legislation in the nation.  Under Davis Tenure, SVTC launched the Sustainable Solar Initiative, and release the “Toward a Just and Sustainable Solar Industry,” report which outlined the environmental impacts of the solar industry and the Solar Scorecard which ranks solar manufacturers on their environmental practices.

Sheila holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California and served as a journalist, state legislative aide and community development specialist before joining the staff of SVTC.