People

Arun Prasad is vice president of Itaas, an IT services provider for the digital cable television industry. He is responsible for implementing a global delivery model by establishing a development center in India.

Arun Rath hosts the local broadcast of GBH’s All Things Considered.

Arundhati Roy is the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things. Her nonfiction writings include The Algebra of Infinite Justice, Listening to Grasshoppers, Broken Republic, and Capitalism: A Ghost Story, and most recently, Things That Can and Cannot Be Said, coauthored with John Cusack. Photo credit: Mayank Austen Soofi

Asha de Vos is a marine biologist and educator with a strong affinity for marine mammals. Armed with degrees from the Universities of St. Andrews, Oxford and Western Australia, she aims to increase the conversation about conservation through innovative outreach tools, strong international collaborations and good quality science. Her main research focuses on the blue whale populations around Sri Lanka and forms the first long-term study on this species within the northern Indian Ocean. Currently a post-doctoral scholar at the University of California Santa Cruz, she is working with a team of scientists to try to mitigate the impact of ship strike on this unique population of blue whales.

Ashanty Rosario is a Senior at Newtown High School in Queens, New York City. She developed an interest in journalism as a way to expand her writing beyond the comforts of fiction and to strengthen her communication skills through interviewing. She aspires to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities in media and uphold journalism’s pledge to truth and public service. Ashanty has published work in collegiate summer newspapers, such as New York University’s The Spectrum and Princeton University’s Princeton Summer Journal, and recently wrote for the Atlantic. In the future, she plans to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing or English Literature, aiming to become a published author while also freelancing in journalism.

Ashia S. Ajani is a storyteller and environmental educator born and raised in Denver, CO, unceded territory of the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Ute peoples. Their work has appeared in Sierra Magazine, Orion Magazine, Callaloo Literary Journal, and Atmos Literary Magazine, among others. Heirloom (Write Bloody Publishing, 2023) was their debut poetry collection.

A global leader driving public health research, policy, and practice, Dr. Ashish Jha joined the Brown School of Public Health as dean in September 2020. An accomplished and practicing physician, Dr. Jha is recognized globally as a trusted expert on major issues impacting public health, and a catalyst for new thinking and approaches. A long-time leader on pandemic preparedness and response, from directing groundbreaking research on Ebola to serving on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response, he has led national and international analysis of key issues and advised local and federal policy makers around the world.

Ashlee is responsible for the Global Technology Strategy and Transformation programs for DSW Inc. She leads the enterprise effort of DSW’s Transformation to the Digital Mesh, while expanding the portfolio to include acquisitions and International Shared Services. Ashlee is passionate about the Retail Industry’s ability to rapidly Transform the retail technology eco-system, to not just meet, but constantly adapt, to the ever changing needs of the consumer, both today and into the future. Prior to joining DSW, Ashlee’s career spans a number of retailers such as: CIO, Restoration Hardware, Chief Integration Officer, CIO and SVP Supply Chain at Golfsmith International, CIO, and SVP of Digital and Shared Services at West Marine, and CIO of Zale Corporation, as well as a Retail Leader at Deloitte. She has been actively involved with the NRF CIO Council for over 15 years.

Ashley-Rose is an internationally acclaimed Haitian-American poet, performer, and playwright from Boston Massachusetts. She has received numerous accolades during her career, including Urban Music Award Poet of the Year, the City of Boston’s Extraordinary Woman of the Year, and the ONEin3 Impact Award for being one of the most influential people in the City of Boston. Her poetry and storytelling has appeared on stages and in magazines across the globe, including but not limited to, the NAACP National Convention, Boston’s TEDx Roxbury, World Channel’s Stories From the Stage, Boston’s Opera Collaborative, Dutch Public TV, The American Repertory Theatre, Performer Magazine, Boston Center for the Arts, Abuja Literary Festival of Nigeria, BAM Festival, MusiConnects, American Theatre Magazine, Museum of Science, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, San Diego CityWorks Journal, Thalia Magazine, and numerous other media outlets. She has been selected to pen poems for companies including CHASE Bank, LISC, Americorps, ABCD, and many more non-profits organizations. Poetry is Ashley-Rose’s gift, but her passion is using the arts as a tool for education, community development, and collective healing. Currently, she works as a race and restorative justice specialist at Suffolk University, where she creates and leads trainings centering on diversity and inclusion, conflict transformation, racial healing, and truth-telling. She also teaches poetry as a Poet-in-Residence in Suffolk’s Theatre Department. Her play Roslindale Love Canal will premiere at the BCA in June 2022 and her highly anticipated book Zip Your Own Dress will be released in Winter 2021.

Senior historian and curator of social history, New York State Museum, and former museum educator with the Columbia County Historical Society. Ashley Hopkins-Benton is the author of Breathing Life Into Stone: The Sculpture of Henry DiSpirito and an avid photographer. Ashley earned a BA in art education and art studio from SUNY Potsdam and an MA in history museum studies from Cooperstown’s Graduate Program.

Ashley Judd is an actor, author, and humanitarian activist. She serves as a board member and global ambassador for YouthAIDS, a prevention program of Population Services International. As an activist, Judd has addressed the General Assembly of the UN, spoken at the National Press Club, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations, and served as an expert panelist at the Clinton Global Initiative. She is also active with Women for Women International, Equality Now, and other non-governmental organizations that focus on multi-faceted support for underserved populations. Judd is the author of *All That is Bitter and Sweet.*

Ashley Ramsden is the founder of the School of Storytelling. His unique methods of teaching voice and the skills of the storyteller have received international acclaim. He runs workshops, tours with his one man shows and is a speaker of sacred poetry.

Ashley Soebroto is the Fall 2023 intern at GBH’s Under the Radar.