Ashley Weech

Ashley is the Chief Strategy Officer, and was the founding Director of Operations at CIPES. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a proud Wolverine. She began her career at MDRC, a non-profit research organization, where she was a project manager for large studies of social and educational programs aimed at alleviating poverty. Her favorite part of her work was visiting New York City public schools, where she interacted with teachers and students. Seeing educational disparities up close and through data prompted her interest in joining the charter school movement.

At Coney Island Prep, she feels grateful every day to come to a place full of teachers, families, and students who are all working together towards the same mission of college access and career choice for the community of Coney Island. In her free time, Ashley enjoys cooking delicious meals for friends and family, and traveling internationally.