In this episode, our guest is Ashish Prashar, the Global Chief Marketing Officer for R/GA, a campaigner, a writer, and his true life’s work has been as a vocal justice reform advocate.

Ashish started his career in journalism but quickly moved into an impressive career in politics in the UK, where he handled communications for the Conservative Party and former Prime Minister Tony Blair and served as Press Secretary to the former Prime Minister and Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Since moving to the United States, Ashish has worked on Barack Obama’s 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign, midterm campaigns for the Democratic Party in 2018, and President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign.

Ashish is known for his justice reform advocacy, a cause he has been devoted to since being incarcerated as a teenager. Over the years, he has created programs for the formerly incarcerated, actively serves as a mentor and a vocal advocate, and campaigned for legislation to restore rights to formerly incarcerated people that will protect people in prison.

He sits on the Boards of Exodus Transitional Community, Getting Out and Staying Out, Just Leadership USA, Leap Confronting Conflict, and the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice,  and Ashish is a regular commentator in the media, contributing editorials and appearing in support of justice reform for outlets including ABC, CNN, NBC, and the Washington Post.

Follow Ashish: https://twitter.com/ash_prashar

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