The Founder - HERStory
Ashley Nash wants to make a difference in this world and lives everyday with that goal. Haspiration are not wealth but it's the quality of life and to promote life. To live everyday with a purposeful live is to live a rich life. She created Ivy Elite as a part of her platform while reigning on the 2008-2009 Royal Court for the Gamma Gamma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi, Incorporated at Grambling State University with the passion to build leaders and break stereotypes within our youth. Ashley Nash understands the challenges and adversity our youth and young adults encounter in life daily. She has a passion for motivating, mentoring, and educating our youth. She aspires to work with our youth and young adults to help them overcome mental and behavioral health issues in the school, community and home setting, overcome obstacles, develop their personal talents, enhance self-confidence, and realize that accomplishing their goals will be possible with hard work and determination. Ashley Nash has a diverse background with over 10 years of experience in mental and behavioral health, business management, counseling and mentoring youth in the educational school system, performing arts, and community outreach. Starting a non profit has always been her passion. She has and continues to make a difference in the lives of all ages.
HERMinistry
Ashley Nash, a native of Monroe, Louisiana, residing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, actively serves the community through her non-profit Ivy Elite with the purpose of “Building Leaders, Breaking Stereotypes” through ministry and educational support. She is committed to serving at Healing Place Church of Baton Rouge, Louisiana as a Small Group Leader and Prayer Partner and Walk In The Word Kingdom Church of Monroe, LA. Beyond measure, she is covered and mentored by Prophetess Dr Janet Floyd of Monroe, Louisiana and Covet2Prophesy Dr. Paula Greene of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Ashley Nash is a prophetic voice, teacher, and spiritual leader called to awaken identity, restore order, and release clarity in the lives of God’s people. Marked by discernment and uncompromising truth, she carries a prophetic grace that confronts deception while cultivating wholeness, purity, and divine alignment.
Her ministry is rooted in a deep devotion to the Word of God and a sensitivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Ashley is known for ministering with wisdom, restraint, and precision, understanding that not every revelation requires a response, but every response must reflect God’s character. She teaches believers how to walk in according to their purpose, especially in seasons of testing, isolation, and transition. Operating with a strong prophetic and teaching anointing, Ashley equips the servants and leaders to discern spiritual patterns, break unhealthy attachments, and embrace maturity in calling. Her messages often emphasize silence as strategy, obedience over impulse, and the importance of guarding one’s spirit while remaining yielded to God’s purpose.
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Ashley’s prophetic mantle is marked by clarity rather than chaos, peace rather than performance, and authority rooted in intimacy with God. She is particularly called to help vessels understand their spiritual authority without striving, to move with confidence without contamination, and to remain grounded while God elevates them. Above all, Ashley Nash is committed to serving alongside leaders who shepherd God’s people toward fullness, freedom, and truth believing that transformation flows not from noise, but from obedience, alignment, and reverence for God’s timing.
Board of Directors
Ashley Nash, Founder/President
Linda Gilbert, Vice President/House of Ruth
Onika Armstrong, House of Ruth Management
Norman Gilbert, Treasurer/CFO
Freda Allen, Volunteer Coordinator
Fonda Carson, Secretary
Whitley Gillien, Member