Ryan J. Davis is the Vice President of Community at the new social news start-up Vocativ. Prior to that he served three years as Social Media Director at Blue State Digital, where he consulted with organizations like NAACP, Freedom To Mary, Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation, and many other corporations, non-profits and political candidates. During the 2012 election cycle, Ryan was the Co-Founder and Digital Director of the award-winning The Four 2012 marriage equality campaign. He has spoken on the power of digital at conferences and universities around the world.