Ashanta leads the work focused on managing Legal, Risk, and Compliance across the organization and is a strategic advisor for team leadership. Ashanta has served on several boards including the Mount Holyoke College Board of Trustees and as Board Chair for the Gestalt Community Schools network. She began her career as an elementary teacher in the 1995 Greater New Orleans corps and has over two decades of experience as an attorney. Ashanta graduated from Mount Holyoke College and Vanderbilt University School of Law.