Katherine Griffitts

BOARD MEMBER

Ashlei Ferguson is Corporate Counsel at Microsoft, where she conducts complex workplace conduct investigations. As the front-line attorney/investigator, she leads and manages complex workplace investigations and make determinations regarding workplace behavior including company policies related to discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Prior Microsoft, Ashlei began her career with the District of Columbia Government at the Office of Administrative Hearings and the Office of Human Rights. Ashlei holds a J.D. from Florida A&M University’s College of Law and a B.A. in Public Relations, with a minor in Business Administration, from the University of Florida.

She is also a member of the American Bar Association and National Bar Association. She previously served on the Executive Board of the Greater Washington Area Chapter of the Women’s Law Division of the National Association (GWAC), and is the co-chair of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s 2022 Sources of Success Program Co-Hort.  Ashlei volunteered on Georgetown Law Workplace Law Program and volunteers with various community centered organizations in the Washington, DC area.