Ashley Gaignard

Ashley Gaignard, Rural Roots Louisiana, CEO, is the president of Rural Roots Louisiana and a passionate community advocate with over 15 years of public service in Ascension Parish. A native of Donaldsonville, she began her journey in 2012 through her work with the HELP Organization alongside her father. Her organization is a plaintiff in a case that is fighting environmental racism against huge industry in southern Louisiana's "cancer alley" region.