Ashley Pratt, a resident of the Jacksonville community since 2005, works at Mayo Clinic in Florida as the Director of Community Relations. In this role, she is responsible for developing and executing a community engagement and social responsibility strategy for Mayo Clinic in Florida that is in alignment with organizational goals and priorities. Her key functions include fostering and growing employee volunteerism, developing and expanding community partnerships and collaborative efforts with Mayo Clinic departments to identify opportunities to engage and inform the community of Mayo Clinic initiatives. In addition to her role, internally to Mayo Clinic she as the secretary for Florida’s Community Engagement Committee and well as a member of the Florida Well-Being Committee. She previously served on the Mayo Clinic in Florida’s Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Committee.

Ashley has over a decade of healthcare administrative experience which began in the Department of Transplantation at Mayo Clinic as the desk and scheduling supervisor. Since then, she has worked at Mayo as a Health Systems Engineer as well as an operations manager for a variety of clinical practices, such as the department of Transplantation, Nephrology and Cardiovascular Diseases and Cardiothoracic Surgery. She received her bachelor’s degree in health administration from the University of North Florida and a dual master’s degree in Nonprofit Management and Public Administration at the University of Central Florida. She previously served as the Program Director for the Administrative Internship program in the Office of Non-Clinical Education Program from 2018-2021, where she provided administrative support and guidance to interns from Florida colleges and Universities and Mayo Clinic preceptors while continuing to look for ways to enhance the overall program experience.

Ashley has also demonstrated a passion for mentoring, leading a life if servant leadership and being committed to the community. She continues to mentor emerging leaders and youth in both formal and informal capacities. She currently serves on the Florida Chamber Foundation’s Board of Trustees, Co-Chair of the of Northeast Florida’s CoC Governance Board for Ending Homelessness, Jacksonville Transformations Committee, Blue Zones Jacksonville Steering committee (co-chaired in 2024) and now serving on Operation New Hopes Board of Directors. Ashley is a past member of the UNF Young Alumni Club, served on Mayo Clinic’s First Coast Heart Walk Steering Committee for more than five years and in 2019 was the Co-Chair for the committee as well as AHA’s Go Red for Women Executive Cabinet 2019-2021. She was a 2015-16 Stein Fellow and a 2017-18 co-chair for United Way’s Atlantic Circle as well as a mentor for the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. In 2022 she served as Chair for JAX Chamber’s Hightower Emerging Leaders Fellowship Board, advisor for Links Incorporated EWU Honors College Program Advisor, a member of the Florida Statewide COVID19 Community Engagement and Education Taskforce as well as the co-chair for UNF’s Brooks College of Health Leadership Society! Ashley was awarded 2023s Bishop Moore Catholic High school’s top 40 under 40, Jacksonville Business Journal’s 2020 Top 40 under 40, the University of North Florida’s 2020 Young Alumni Achievement Award for her professional achievements and service to the Jacksonville Community and the University of North Florida. Ashley completed her Leadership Jacksonville Class of 2022, now serves as Co-Chair for LJ 2023/2024 Health Day.

In her spare time, you can find her attending children’s after school events, enjoying volunteering at community events (that is her zen time), attending church with her family and attending Family Life group to continue to develop her spiritual journey, exploring a new workout class, enjoying live music, trying new local restaurants, adventuring Jacksonville parks, hiking and loves a good game night with family and friends. Ashley resides in the San Marco area with her husband Jason, as well as their children Vedder and Morgan.