Brett J.

Davis

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Brett J. Davis of Sag Harbor, NY passed peacefully on April 9, 2023, Easter morning, at home surrounded by his family. He fought valiantly for 18 months against that demon known as cancer.
Brett was born on April 24, 1963 to Ellen Stuart Davis and Ernie Davis and was raised in Bayport, NY. After graduation from Bayport-Blue Point High School in 1981, Brett attended the University of Michigan on an ROTC scholarship to study marine architecture and engineering. Upon graduation Brett served 11 years in the United States Navy as a Special Operations Officer/Explosive Ordinance Officer and fought in the First Gulf War. Brett was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1996 and began his storied career at the Central Intelligence Agency where he retired after 24 years in December 2019 as a SES4.
After an eight year courtship, Brett married his high school classmate, Kelly Craffey Canavan in September of 2019. Upon Brett's retirement from the CIA, Brett relocated to Sag Harbor where he was a co-founder of a venture capital firm, New North Ventures.
Brett is survived by his two daughters, Jodie Davis and Kristin Davis (who he shares with his first wife Anne Burkey Davis), and four step-children, Aisling Brown, Bridget Canavan, Charles Canavan, III and Brooke Canavan, his sisters, Ellen George (Steve) and Heather Baker (Mark), his brother, Guy Davis, and many nieces and nephews.

Service at Yardley Pino Funeral Home, 94 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, NY 11937
April 13, 2023 from 3PM to 6PM.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Third Option Foundation, which seeks to heal, help and honor members of the CIA's Special Operations community and their families.