Workplace strategist, executive coach, and professional facilitator, Align Founder Liz Ashley uses her sociology, sales, and education background to transform companies and cultures.
Her commitment to helping individuals and teams excel at the highest level is based on her personal, proven discipline of strategy, training, and professional development.
She wants the results she creates with people to extend beyond the workplace, improving their lives by helping them realize conscious behavior changes.
Liz was named a 2023 Women of Influence by Charleston Regional Business Journal, an SC Women in Business recipient by Charleston Business Magazine, and Entrepreneur Honoree of the YWCA of Greater Charleston’s #WhatWomenBring
Before starting Align, Liz was a corporate executive with Estee Lauder Companies, earning a reputation as an expert at turning low-performing teams into high-performers. She’s held leadership roles at Tempur-Pedic, Moneypenny, and Hilti, where she co-founded the company’s first diversity and inclusion committee. She began her career as a college professor at the University of Virginia, her alma mater.
Extremely community-minded, Liz serves on the board and membership committee of The Harbour Club, previously chaired the professional women’s group Thrive at the Charleston Metro Chamber, and was the first female board member of Warrior Surf Foundation for veterans.
Liz, a notable speaker and moderator, frequently appears on stages and panels discussing workplace strategy, talent development, and leadership practices.
She holds a Master of Arts in Sociology from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics from Westminster College.
