Ashley Bowes Cash

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Ashley Bowes Cash of Lubbock is a real estate and oil & gas investor with decades of experience across real estate, land development, banking, ranching, and investing. Through her professional work, she witnessed firsthand how gaps in financial literacy and practical life skills impact individuals and families, which led to her involvement in education policy discussions in Texas and to hosting The Path Forward Podcast. The podcast features educators, policymakers, business leaders, and parents and discusses workforce readiness and skills-based learning. Ashley currently serves her second term as a Commissioner on the Texas Governor’s Commission for Women, has extensive experience fundraising at the local, state, and federal levels, and serves on the boards of the Texas Tech Foundation, the National Ranching Heritage Association, the Lubbock Entertainment & Performing Arts Association (LEPAA), the Advisory Board of the Gordon W. Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources at Texas Tech University, and the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, and is Vice President and Director of the Cash Family Foundation. She is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Ashley lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband, Clay, and their four children.