Ashley Gill grew up on a cotton farm in Texas and spent time as an agroforestry Peace Corps Volunteer in rural West Africa before joining Textile Exchange in 2010.

Ashley has held various roles of the organization, which has involved development of our International Working Groups, the standard-setting process, and guidance to dozens of companies on their use of standards as well as claims and labelling. Her background combined with her experience in the industry has provided a unique point of view on the value and need to bring multiple perspectives together.

As CSO, Ashley has been engaged in delivering a clear strategy to achieve beneficial impact across all platforms of our work, while bringing her personal and professional experiences to help bridge two worlds that are reliant on each other – the farming community and corporate brands and suppliers.

Lee Martin joined Textile Exchange as CBO in 2022, after spending the last decade working in the forest conservation space at NGOs such as Rainforest Alliance and Preferred by Nature, with a heavy focus on standards, certification operations, and financial management.

Prior to joining Textile Exchange, he worked for Forest Carbon Works and Chestnut Carbon as CFO in the carbon credit and project development sector.

In his previous roles, Lee focused on financial oversight and operational functions, often serving as a partner for a wide range of programmatic and operational teams. His personal mission always gravitates toward people and process - specifically how the role of finance can enable businesses to scale staffing responsibly and thrive through process improvement.