Eva Davis Distinguished Service Award, 2025 Gala
Eva Davis has a passion for lifting up mission-driven Jewish organizations and making connections across her vast professional and personal networks. She is especially committed to identifying and mentoring the next generation of Jewish leaders.
Eva was born and raised in Houston, Texas and grew up attending Young Judaea summer camps, March of the Living, and was the first girl to become a Bat Mitzvah at United Orthodox Synagogue. After spending a gap year in Israel, she attended George Washington University. Following college, she spent 10 years at Fannie Mae while also earning her M.S. in Business and Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University. She later worked at a digital design firm before discovering her passion for residential real estate in 2015.
Today, Eva is Executive Vice President at Compass, where she leads a team and is recognized as one of the region’s top residential realtors. She’s known for her exceptional high touch service, tough negotiating skills, and an infectious sense of humor that makes the process enjoyable for her clients.
Deeply committed to her community, Eva serves as co-chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s Network Council, a space for business professionals to connect, build relationships and give back. Over the years, she has held leadership and board roles with organizations including the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Edlavitch DCJCC, the Anti-Defamation League (Washington, D.C. region), Friends of the IDF, American Jewish World Service, Israel Bonds, Gather DC, and more.
Within the Federation, Eva co-chaired the Young Leadership Division and Connect Gens Fellowship, was on strategic planning and allocations committees, and she is honored to have received the Jerome Dick Young Leadership Award. She co-chaired the Lion of Judah Women’s Philanthropy mission to Argentina in 2024 and has also participated in missions to Israel, Ethiopia, and Russia. She and her husband, Justin Kramer, chaired the 2023 Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Latke Vodka event.
Eva is also proud to be a graduate of the Wexner Heritage Fellowship, ADL’s Glass Leadership Institute, and the Jewish Federations of North America Young Leadership Cabinet.
Eva, her husband and two young children live in Montgomery County.