ASHLEY ELIZABETH EDWARDS

award-winning social entrepreneur, speaker and mental health tech innovator

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Ashley Edwards is Founder and CEO of MindRight Health. Ashley is the 1st Black female founder to raise $1 million in venture capital in New Jersey and 1 of 35 to ever do so in the United States. She is a Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur and her thought leadership in mental health innovation led Forbes to name her one of the top "Healers" set to influence the next century.  Before MindRight, she served as Director of Operations of a high school in Newark, NJ. Ashley holds a MBA & MA in Education from Stanford University, where she was a recipient of the Miller Social Change Leadership Award. She graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor’s in Economics. Ashley is a proud resident of Newark, NJ, where MindRight is currently headquartered. Outside of work, Ashley coaches aspiring entrepreneurs at Stanford Graduate School of Business and has served on various impact, racial equity, and mental health advisory councils at Forbes, Zoom, and NewSchools Venture Fund.