Experience

USC Equity Research Institute

• Project Manager

  Greater Los Angeles Area



Climb A Good Tree Consulting

• Liberatory Coach and Consultant

  • May 2023 - Present

  Los Angeles, California, United States Building a community of care is essential to our collective liberation. As a coach, Ashley believes in our inherent power to heal, grow, and imagine a new future. She strives to be a tender and passionate support to folks working towards freedom. She supports folks in transition and the discovery of their truest vision of themselves and their work.



Retreat + Reimagine (R+R)

• Founder and Vision Keeper

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area



City of Los Angeles

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Legislative Director

  • Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

  Los Angeles, California, United States

• Senior Data Analyst

  • Jul 2019 - Jun 2022

  Greater Los Angeles Area

• Communications Director

  • Aug 2016 - May 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area Lead strategic communications and public relations. Manage media relations. Author speeches, talking points, press releases, white papers, op-eds, and fact sheets. Manage Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Manage constituent communications including digital and print assets.

• Planning and Legislative Deputy

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Greater Los Angeles Area Transportation and Economic Development



Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research and Policy Analyst

  • Sep 2012 - Jul 2015

  Greater Los Angeles Area Construction Careers - Implementation Research Sustainable Communities Investment Authority (SB 1) - Campaign Research Child Care Investment - Campaign Research RePowerLA - Implementation and Campaign Research



AKT Consulting

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials

• Owner

  • 2010 - 2015

  Greater Los Angeles Area Self-Employed. Generated demography-based research for the Office of the Public Defender in Los Angeles to demonstrate the impacts on juries for defendants of color who are tried in neighboring courthouses with substantially different racial and ethnic make-up.



Scripps College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2012

  Research on forthcoming scholarly article on disparate impact, aging and reproductive health. Research includes quantitative analysis of national health data, literature revues and in-depth analysis of global reproductive justice advocacy organizations



PolicyLink

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Equitable Policy Change Summer Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Oakland, CA Summarized research, generated literature reviews, and generated reports. Conducted interviews with experts in fields such as evaluation, advocacy, and community organizing. Generated recommendations for the implementation of evaluation methodology for non-profit organizations.



PowerPAC.org

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher and Project Coordinator

  • Mar 2008 - Aug 2010

  Responsible for all research, including development of policy analyses, district analyses, position papers, donor background pieces and special research project projects * Worked on the Transition Team for Benjamin Jealous, President of the NAACP, maintained communication with staff and national board members, research for grant proposals and donor background, and coordinated schedule * Worked with underrepresented students to develop strategies for trainings, conference planning… Show more Responsible for all research, including development of policy analyses, district analyses, position papers, donor background pieces and special research project projects * Worked on the Transition Team for Benjamin Jealous, President of the NAACP, maintained communication with staff and national board members, research for grant proposals and donor background, and coordinated schedule * Worked with underrepresented students to develop strategies for trainings, conference planning and organizing Show less



Black Recruitment and Retention Center

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Director

  • Aug 2007 - May 2008

  UC Berkeley Internally managed about 10 staff members and oversaw/managed the budget for the organization



Professor Ula Taylor

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2007

  Researched for a forthcoming work juxtaposing the role Condoleezza Rice played in the Bush Administration to the role of Nurse Eunice Rivers in the Tuskegee Experiment. * Transcribed relevant documentaries and researched media articles analyzing the Bush Administration


Alicia Conner & Socha
• Intern

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

The Cochran Firm
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Assistant to Accountant

  • Feb 2004 - Aug 2004