Ashley Warren, Vice President of Research, crafts data-driven messaging that helps political parties and leaders shift opinion and win elections. She provides actionable communications guidance on both long-term  strategy and day-to-day operations that has helped Prime Ministers, Fortune 100 executives, and advocacy leaders effectively communicate during campaigns, crises, and key moments of change. 

She has considerable experience with democracy development and has helped increase political participation of women, youth, and underrepresented groups around the world with organizations like the National Democratic Institute and Westminster Foundation for Democracy. She has conducted political research in over 50 countries, including in non-democratic and repressed environments. 

Prior to SKDK, she was Director of Digital and Insights at FTI Consulting, International Research & Campaign Manager at ClearPath Strategies, and Belarus Program Officer at the International Republican Institute.