# Ashley Wells Chadash

> Ashley Wells Chadash is a San Francisco marketing strategy and operations executive who joined Stripe in 2026 to lead global Marketing Strategy + Operations and advise the CMO. Her career runs from early work in politics and public service through Deloitte, a Wharton MBA and Google internship, then five roles across seven years at Adobe, where she worked in strategy, go-to-market transformation, portfolio expansion and Latin America marketing. Her own public writing reveals a consistent operating idea: choose stretch work, ask for help without ceremony, and make the machinery behind ambitious organizations work better.

- **Role:** Head of Global Marketing Strategy + Ops, Technical Advisor to CMO at Stripe
- **Organizations:** Stripe, Adobe, Deloitte, Google, Wharton Women in Business, United Women in Business Foundation, U.S. Department of State
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Bachelor's degree in Political Science, The George Washington University, MBA exchange program, INSEAD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- **Known for:** Held five roles across seven years at Adobe and helped lead two operating-model transformations., Owned a Latin America P&L reported by The Org as $250 million., Co-led Wharton Women in Business, a 700-plus-member organization with a board of more than 30 people.

## Career timeline

- **2007-2010** — Held internships in political campaigns, a congressional office, election administration, political consulting and the U.S. Department of State.
- **2010-2014** — Worked at Deloitte in strategy and operations, progressing from analyst to consultant; also completed a Deloitte China assignment in 2014.
- **2014-2016** — Earned an MBA at Wharton, co-led Wharton Women in Business, served as a Leadership Fellow and interned with Google's gTech Strategy & Scaling team.
- **2016-2018** — Returned to Deloitte in San Francisco, first as a senior consultant and then as a manager in the Customer Strategy practice.
- **2018-2020** — Joined Adobe as Senior Manager, Digital Media Strategy & Operations.
- **2020-2021** — Served as Group Manager, Digital Media Go-to-Market at Adobe.
- **2021-2022** — Led Digital Media Transformation and Campaign Marketing Business Operations at Adobe.
- **2022-2026** — Directed portfolio strategy and global expansion at Adobe, overlapping from 2023 with leadership of Latin America product marketing and marketing.
- **2026** — Joined Stripe to lead global Marketing Strategy + Operations and serve as Technical Advisor to the CMO.

## Achievements

- Held five roles across seven years at Adobe and helped lead two operating-model transformations.
- Owned a Latin America P&L reported by The Org as $250 million.
- Co-led Wharton Women in Business, a 700-plus-member organization with a board of more than 30 people.
- Mentored 24 first-year MBA students and seven undergraduates while at Wharton.
- As a United Women in Business Foundation volunteer leader, organized 15 development events for more than 1,000 attendees and helped secure over $15,000 in support.
- Joined Stripe in 2026 to run global Marketing Strategy + Operations and advise the CMO.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Shared Stripe hiring activity for an AMER Head of Sales Development role focused partly on AI-enabled selling.
- **2026-07** — Said she had worked behind the scenes on Stripe's Worldwide Partnership with the Ryder Cup and was learning the sports-sponsorship field.
- **2026-06** — Recruited a Sports Sponsorship Marketing Program Manager to help build a global, multi-sport program.
- **2026-02** — Announced her move to Stripe as Head of Global Marketing Strategy + Ops and Advisor to the CMO.
- **2026-02** — Concluded seven years at Adobe after five roles, two operating-model transformations and responsibility for a Latin America P&L.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyewells

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Last updated: 2026-09-04