Ashley is the CEO of Sustainable Conservation, a nonprofit dedicated to uniting people to solve the toughest challenges facing California’s land, air, and water. She received a James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for her unwavering commitment to innovative, balanced problem-solving to address a variety of critical environmental problems facing the state. Ashley’s career has spanned the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. She has a BA in human biology, an MA in applied economics, and an MBA from Stanford.