Ashlie Tyler
Ashlie is a “Double Dukie.” She received her MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She also received her undergraduate degree from Duke, where she became the first in her family to graduate from college. In addition to being a diehard Blue Devil, Ashlie is a Toigo and Forte alum and a dedicated member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Ashlie is based in New York City, but is a proud Boston native.
Ashlie is an investor at Bank of America, where she has been catalytic in backing emerging managers whose platforms are purpose-built to create economic opportunity across the US. She joined the firm’s investment bank in 2020, where she covered large-cap global industrials companies, primarily in the maritime sector.
She has 15 years of proven expertise building transformational platforms and driving success across multiple domains. Ashlie’s comprehensive skillset includes fund investing & portfolio management, investment banking, business development, operations, and human capital management.
Ashlie began her career at two of the world’s leading financial institutions, where she immediately noticed the dearth of people of color and women in core finance roles and firm leadership. Ashlie tied the lack of representation to the linkages between childhood socioeconomic status, educational opportunities, and future employment prospects. Ashlie sought an opportunity to level the playing field at scale and pivoted to the education sector, where she worked for five years to close the achievement gap for low-income students. During this time, Ashlie led recruitment, operations, and business development for two nonprofits that helped pioneer and scale a highly effective high-dosage tutoring model. She oversaw program expansion across multiple major public school systems and supported rigorous research efforts to evaluate the model’s impact on student achievement. Her work contributed to the rapid growth and national reach of the initiative, including capital raising, launching new sites, and negotiating partnerships with additional school districts.
Ashlie’s early experiences at the edges of poverty had a lasting legacy on her. She is keenly aware of the perfect storm of circumstances that have enabled her success. As such, she aims to amplify her lived and professional experiences in service to others.