Kurt Davis is Executive Vice President, CBS Affiliate Relations at Paramount. He joined CBS News in 2013 after more than two decades of experience in the broadcast industry. As Vice President for news services at CBS News, Davis oversaw CBS Newspath, the CBS News satellite newsgathering organization that provides editorial content and technical support to more than 200 affiliates in the U.S. and dozens of worldwide partners. As Vice President for News Services at CBS News, Davis oversaw CBS Newspath, the CBS News satellite newsgathering organization that provides editorial content and technical support to more than 200 affiliates in the U.S. and dozens of worldwide partners. Prior to joining CBS, Davis spent ten years as Executive News Director at CBS Affiliate KENS-TV in San Antonio, Texas, overseeing all editorial content and setting short- and long-term strategies for the unit. He was previously manager of coverage and content at WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia; news director at WDSU-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana; managing editor at KDFW-TV in Dallas, Texas; news director at WSET- TV in Lynchburg, Virginia; assistant news director at KATV-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas; and weekend producer and senior producer at WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge. Davis earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from LSU in 1983. While at LSU, Davis was awarded an internship for minority students, which allowed him to work alongside proven professionals while continuing his education and helped launch his professional career. Davis was honored and inducted into the LSU Alumni Association's Hall of Distinction class of 2020 for his work on behalf of the university as well as his many accomplishments in the broadcasting industry. Davis currently serves on LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication Board of Visitors, the Emma Bowen Foundation Board of Directors, and is a University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Journalism School Advisor. In September 2023, Davis was honored with the induction into LSU Manship School of Journalism’s Hall of Fame for his tireless work to support and promote excellence in Journalism. In 2024, Davis and his wife, Angela, celebrated forty years of marriage. They have two children – Kelsey, a 2011 Manship School graduate, and Kyle, a 2014 graduate of Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business. While New York City is the family’s base camp, they all love Louisiana and still spend time in New Orleans.