
Ashley Pope
Vice President, Strategic and Financial Communications - Prudential Financial
Ashley M. Pope is a strategic communications leader with over 20 years of experience helping organizations navigate transformation and articulate their value through storytelling and stakeholder engagement. As Vice President of Strategic and Financial Communications at Prudential Financial, she drives the company’s growth narrative, aligning messaging with business strategy to strengthen stakeholder confidence. Before joining Prudential, Pope led high-impact teams at Jackson to deliver strategic and financial communications, crisis preparedness and response, executive visibility and internal engagement. She also directed the design and production of events, experiences, and multimedia content for diverse audiences. Earlier in her career, she led her own consulting firm specializing in communications, marketing, distribution strategy and reputation management in financial services. Committed to ensuring dignity in aging, Pope serves on the board of FiftyForward, a nonprofit supporting older adults through advocacy, community programs, and essential services. She works to advance initiatives that promote independence, well-being and the right to age and die well. She and her husband live on a microfarm outside Nashville, where they embrace sustainability, great food and the joyful chaos of farm life with their mastiff, Brindi - and Brindi’s cat, Midnight.