Ashley serves as Councilmember Blumenfield’s Planning Deputy. Prior to her work with Councilmember Blumenfield, Ashley was a Program Associate at the California Community Foundation where she focused on public private partnerships, managed the distribution of 20 million dollars in CARES dollars towards food insecurity to 47 local nonprofits during the pandemic, and conducted data analytics to make equitable grant-making decisions throughout the County. Additionally, Mashian has worked with local public, private and non-profit agencies on issues related to planning and policy and is a native Angeleno who was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. Ashley received her undergraduate degree in Communication Studies from UCLA and her Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.