Ashleigh Axios is a speaker, strategic creative, and an advocate for design's ability to break barriers and create positive social change. She is the chief experience officer and an owner of Coforma, a digital consultancy and design firm that crafts creative solutions and builds technology products that support communities. She is also a term trustee of the board of directors to Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Prior to her current roles, Ashleigh formed and led the in-house creative agency at Automattic, served as the creative director and a digital strategist in the Obama White House, and separately served as president of AIGA and of AIGA Washington D.C.
