Ashlee Woods
Senior Advisor
Cambridge Family Enterprise Group
Ashlee Woods is a senior advisor at Cambridge Advisors to Family Enterprise, a highly specialized global advisory firm serving family enterprises. Cambridge Advisors and Cambridge Institute for Family Enterprise, an education and research institute, are divisions of Cambridge Family Enterprise Group, a global organization founded in 1989. It is devoted to helping families and ownership groups navigate the new economy and achieve multigenerational success for their families, enterprises, and financial wealth.
With over 10 years of experience, Ms. Woods advises multigenerational families on navigating the challenges of family enterprises. She provides strategic counsel in governance, succession planning, impact investing, and philanthropy, helping families align financial resources with their values and long-term goals. Specializing in wealth planning for social impact, Ms. Woods guides families in aligning investment capital with their impact objectives, optimizing financial returns while fostering positive societal contributions. By integrating financial stewardship with values-based decisions, she ensures the preservation of both wealth and legacy across generations.
Her holistic approach integrates financial stewardship with personal and relational development, empowering families and organizations to sustain their resources, enhance family unity, and foster positive societal contributions. Ms. Woods is dedicated to assisting families and enterprises in navigating the intricacies of ownership and management, while preparing them for sustainable success across generations. Her expertise extends to facilitating important discussions, resolving conflicts, and implementing tailored solutions that address the multifaceted challenges that arise within family enterprises and organizations.
Prior to joining CFEG, Ms. Woods served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Family Office Services at Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank. In this role, she led a multi-disciplinary team that offered strategic guidance and comprehensive services to ultra-high-net-worth families, focusing on governance frameworks, legacy planning, and tailored philanthropic strategies. Ms. Woods previously held leadership positions as Vice President of Philanthropic Services at Wells Fargo, where she provided specialized advisory services, and as Assistant Dean at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she oversaw strategic initiatives and cultivated innovative partnerships. Additionally, as a Senior Philanthropy Advisor at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, she offered strategic planning and philanthropic guidance for a grantmaking portfolio of high-profile foundations, corporations, and donors, while launching impactful community initiatives.
Ms. Woods earned her JD and a graduate certificate in Dispute Resolution from St. Mary’s University School of Law. She holds a graduate certificate in Charitable Financial Planning from Texas Tech University and a certificate in Leading Virtual Teams from the University of Denver. Ms. Woods is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP®).
