Ashley Richard is the Associate Director, Indigenous for the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. She holds a Masters in Management Innovation & Entrepreneurship from the Smith School of Business at Queen's University.

Ashley completed a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business, where she was the premier recipient of the Full Indigenous Business Scholarship at the Asper School of Business. Ashley majored in Aboriginal Business Studies, focusing on economic development. Her final project on Indigenous economic development was published in the Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development in the fall of 2017. In 2014, she received the 20th Anniversary Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Award (MAYAA) for her accomplishments.

Ashley is passionate about supporting the community she lives and works in and currently serves as Chair of the Walking Together Grants for The Winnipeg Foundation and as a Member on the Board of Governors with Red River College. After receiving the MAYAA award in 2014, Ashley volunteered on the MAYAA Planning Committee for 5 years.

Ashley was the recipient of the Oscar Lathlin Memorial Award from Ka Ni Kanichihk at the June 2021 Keeping the Fires Burning Ceremony. In December 2021, Ashley will humbly receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, Outstanding Young Alumni, from the University of Manitoba.

Ashley is a proud Indigenous woman with Métis and Ojibway heritage, hailing from Pine Creek First Nation and Camperville, Manitoba.