Daniel Ash

Daniel O Ash is Associate Vice President of Community Impact at The Chicago Community Trust. He previously served as the Trust’s chief marketing officer from 2013 to 2019.

Prior to joining the Trust, Daniel spent 10 years as Vice President at Chicago Public Media, production home of WBEZ/91.5FM (Chicago’s primary NPR station), This American Life, Sound Opinions, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me and Vocalo.org. In this senior management role, he was responsible for the organization’s two largest revenue categories — corporate sponsorship and individual giving — and led double digit growth during his tenure. Additionally, he oversaw marketing and strategic partnership. He was a key voice in shaping Chicago Public Media’s overall strategic focus.

Daniel’s professional career has been focused on developing and using marketing and communication tools to advance social causes. He has worked exclusively in the non-profit sector on issues including poverty, adolescent health and HIV/AIDS care and prevention. The early stage of his professional career included leadership roles at Sergeant Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago Department of Public Health, Center for Family Policy and Practice and the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health.

He earned an M.P.P. from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and a B.A. in Economics from Oberlin College. Daniel also completed a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship at Princeton University.