Ashlei Spivey
Senator · State legislature · Nebraska · District 13
Democratic
Biography
Born Aug. 15, 1986, in Omaha. Elected to Nebraska Legislature: 2024. Nonprofit executive director. Former: Restaurant owner; bank vice president; nonprofit program officer. Member: board, Women’s Funding Network; board, Nebraska Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative. Former member: board, ACLU of Nebraska (president); 2022 MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program participant. Honors and awards: USA Today 2024 Nebraska Woman of the Year; 2023 J.M. Kaplan Innovation Prize; 2022 Nebraska Public Health Defender Award, UNMC College of Public Health; 2019 Young Professional Advocacy Award, Urban League of Nebraska; Midlands Business Journal 40 under 40; 10 Outstanding Young Omahans; 2018 Changemaker Award, Greater Omaha Chamber Young Professionals. NAACP Community Partner.
On the record
- Education
- Omaha North High Magnet School, 2004; Jackson State University, bachelor’s degree in communications and marketing; University of Texas at Arlington, graduate degree in urban social planning
- Profession
- Nonprofit executive director; Restaurant owner; Bank vice president; Nonprofit program officer
- Born
- 1986-08-15
- Birthplace
- Omaha, NE
- Family
- Married; two children.
Contact
- Capitol office
- State Capitol Room 1120, P.O. Box 94604, Lincoln, NE 68509 · 402-471-2727
- Phone
- 402-471-2727
- aspivey@leg.ne.gov