About me
Ashley Reynolds Marshall, MPA, JD, is the first Deputy City Manager for Social Equity in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her role in Charlottesville will focus on leading efforts to cultivate an organization that values and demonstrates the City's commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. In addition, she provides complementary leadership for departments and offices focused on human needs and justice: Parks & Recreation, Human Rights, Human Services, Police Civilian Oversight, Social Services, Sustainability, and Social Equity. Her work will also incorporate public health ideas and principles.
She serves Virginia through gubernatorial appointments on the Virginia Council on Women. Marshall is a board member for Patrick Henry Family Services (Lynchburg, Virginia) and United Way of Greater Charlottesville. She further invests in her community by participating with her local chapters of The Links, Inc. and as a general member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Ashley holds a B.A in Psychology from Hollins University, a J.D. from William and Mary School of Law, and an M.P.A. from Virginia Tech. She is also completing the Executive Master of Public Health program at Yale University’s School of Public Health (2024). She is a member of the 2013 class of the Sorensen Institute Political Leaders Program at the University of Virginia and the 2014 class of Emerge Virginia. Marshall was named a Millennial on the Move by Lynchburg Business Magazine in 2020 and a Trademark Women of Distinction. She is a fellow in the ICMA Leadership Institute on Race, Equity, and Inclusion, sponsored by the Kettering Foundation and the National Civic League. Further, she serves on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Center for Health Justice: Research Agenda Reparations Workgroup and is a founding member of the Violence Intervention Training, Advocacy and Education (VITAE) Student Organization at the Yale School of Public Health.
