Leslie Ashley
Wealth Advisor Associate
About Leslie
Leslie Ashley is a wealth advisor associate with William Blair’s Private Wealth Management group. In this capacity, Leslie assists individuals, foundations, and corporate investors in determining their investment objectives, assessing risk, identifying suitable investment strategies, and evaluating their performance. She has extensive knowledge of corporate and executive services which includes stock option exercises, 10b5-1 plans, and restricted stock trading (144). Before joining the firm, Leslie was an associate portfolio manager with Brown Advisory Securities, LLC.
Leslie is a board member of Nexus Woodbourne Family Healing, a Baltimore non-profit dedicated to helping children, families, and individuals struggling with emotional and behavioral health issues, and serves on their finance committee. She studied at both Salisbury University and Towson University where she received a B.S. in Economics.
About William Blair
William Blair is a premier global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. We provide advisory services, strategies, and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs. As an independent and employee-owned firm, together with our strategic partners, we operate in more than 20 offices worldwide.*
Year William Blair was founded
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*Includes strategic partnerships with Allier Capital, BDA Partners, and Poalim Capital Markets.