Ashe McGovern, JD, is the Global Lead for LGBTQ+ Affairs at Amazon, where they are responsible for leading companywide strategy to support LGBTQIA+ employees, customers, and communities. Prior to joining Amazon, Ashe was appointed to serve as the first Senior Policy Advisor for LGBTQ Initiatives in the New York City Mayor's Office and as inaugural Executive Director of the NYC Unity Project, New York’s first citywide LGBTQIA+ mayoral office. In this role, Ashe developed and managed a $15 million portfolio of programs and services, focused on reducing LGBTQIA+ homelessness, poverty, and criminalization while increasing funding for affordable housing, jobs, and health services, including launching the largest LGBTQ+ workforce program in the country. Ashe earned his B.A. from Cornell University, magna cum laude and J.D. from Cornell Law School. Prior to the Mayor's Office, Ashe held leadership positions at the Center for American Progress and Columbia Law School's Center for Gender and Sexuality Law. Ashe is co-author and co-editor of Intersecting Injustice: A National Call to Action Addressing LGBTQ Poverty and Economic Justice for All (2018) published by the City University of New York Graduate Center and has been featured in a range of media outlets, including The New York Times, The Nation, Bloomberg Law, Wired, and NPR, among others.