Ashley Nelle-Davis

Ashley Nelle-Davis is the Chief of Staff at the Data Foundation and lead for Special Projects. She has strong project management skills, a deep understanding of the policy landscape related to data, experience working with a range of stakeholders in industry, nonprofits, academia, and government, and communicating complex, albeit sometimes niche, issues to a variety of audiences.

Ashley facilitates productive discussions between diverse stakeholders across data communities, ensuring various perspectives and interests are heard as she works to support the mission of the Data Foundation to support the use of data for positive change in government and society. 

Ashley is a graduate of the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin (Global Policy, 2015). Prior to joining the Data Foundation, she honed her skills at prominent D.C. think tanks and as a educator. She brings a depth of experience in research, analysis, communication, and knowledge sharing. Her data heros include those who place data in context for meaningful and positive change, like Upton Sinclair and her uncle Steven H. Fritts (see his work on wolves).