Hasan Davis has been recognized internationally for his professional and personal efforts serving the needs of our children, youth and their families across a continuum of care from early education to juvenile justice. He is a Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellow, a Council of State Governments Henry Toll Fellow and an Annie E. Casey Children and Family Fellow. In 2008 Hasan joined the executive leadership team of the Kentucky Department Juvenile Justice. In 2012 Hasan became Kentucky's fifth Commissioner of Juvenile Justice. During his tenure as Commissioner, he was instrumental in pushing Senate Bill 200, which contained sweeping juvenile reform legislation, through the Kentucky General Assembly. SB200 was signed into Law in April of 2014 and is now transforming Kentucky's juvenile justice and other youth serving systems. Now, Hasan spends a majority of his time as youth advocate and national speaker/trainer providing technical assistance and support to youth serving organizations across the country.

Hasan's work and passion are rooted in his own early life experiences Justice, education and social service systems that often failed to proide him with the tools and supports he needed to thrive.After social isolation and tracking that did not address his undiagnosed Dyslexia and ADHD in elementary school to an early arrest as a pre-teen and expulsion from alternative school. Hasan earned his GED and left the life he knew well, for one he could hardly imagine. Hasan went on to attend Berea College. And, although Hasan was expelled from Berea College twice, he returned a third time, determined to prove that failure would not be his legacy. With the right attitude and support Hasan earned his BA degree from Berea College and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law. In 2014 Hasan published Written Off: How one mans Journey through Disability, Poverty and Delinquency are transforming the Juvenile Justice System. In 2019 he published his first children's book, The Journey of York, Unsung hero of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Which chronicles the experience of the Corps of Discovery's only African-American member, an enslaved man named York.