Ashley Beckner

Ashley Beckner is managing director of the Lemnis Collective. She brings experience across impact investing, philanthropy, finance and operations to Lemnis. She has spent over a decade as an investor and operator in the education sector. Most recently, Ashley co-led the US education investment team at Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group. She led the team’s strategy for driving systemic impact in early childhood leveraging investments in early-stage companies, grants, policy and advocacy, strategic communications, and more. She managed a portfolio of 30+ investments, serving as a strategic advisor to her companies and organizations. Ashley has an MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and is based in Austin, TX. She serves on the board of Capita, a global think tank on family flourishing, and advocates for early childhood policy in Austin.