Ashley E. Werner

Ashley Werner is a directing attorney with Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, where she helps to shape and advance the organization’s legal and policy initiatives to eliminate barriers to opportunity impacting disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin and Coachella Valleys. In partnership with colleagues, community residents, and coalition partners, she advances access to safe and affordable housing and fair housing choice, essential infrastructure and services, a healthy environment, and inclusive decision-making processes for disadvantaged communities through litigation, policy change, and community organizing.

Ms. Werner earned her BA in Economics and Religion from Swarthmore College and her law degree, with a Certificate in Human Rights and International Justice, from Boston College Law School. She has worked in California, Massachusetts, and Peru on matters relating to rural development, human rights, and environmental justice.

Ms. Werner co-authored "Concentrated Overburden: Reviewing the Enduring Legacy of Racial Discrimination in California Land Use Policy and Charting a Path to Equity," published in April 2023 by UCLA School of Law's Emmitt Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. She is an upcoming member of the California Lawyers Association's Environmental Law Section's Executive Committee.