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Ashley D. Bell
Ashley D. Bell is an accomplished attorney, banking professional and serial entrepreneur.
Ashley is a Georgia-based attorney and political adviser who founded and currently serves as CEO of Ready Life, a fintech startup revolutionizing the home buying experience for Black Americans by removing the use of credit scores. He also helms the Black-led investor group preparing to acquire the Utah-based, nonminority-owned Holladay Bank & Trust, a first-of-its-kind transaction that will create Redemption Bank, pending regulatory approval.
Ashley’s legal expertise spans public policy, business and banking, and he is the former White House Policy Advisor for Entrepreneurship & Innovation in the office of American Innovation. In 2018,Ashley was tapped to lead the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Southeast Region. He also co-founded the National Black Bank Foundation alongside frequent collaborator Bernice King, daughter of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Dr. Bernice A. King
Advisory Council Chair
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June Ou
Technical Advisor
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Van Jones
Senior Advisor
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Mike Cagney
Senior Advisor
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Yolanda Daniel
Senior Advisor
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Adam Aspes
Senior Advisor
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Marty Edelman
Senior Advisor
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Sekou Kaalund
Advisor
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Cortez Bryant
Advisor
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Alice M. Johnson
Advisor
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Eugene Cornelius Jr.
Advisor
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Michael Blake
Advisor
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Joe Lubeck
Advisor
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Jonathan Beane
Advisor
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Rodney Guillory
Advisor
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Montel Williams
Advisor
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Matt Ornstein
Advisor
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Terry Rossio
Advisor
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Cordell Carter
Advisor
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