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Ruthe C. Ashley
Many lawyers work towards diversity in the profession, but few have lived it in the way that Ruthe Ashley has. She is past president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and when she worked at CalPERS (the largest public pension fund in the United States), she founded and served as CEO of CaliforniaALL, a nonprofit formed to close the achievement gap for California students. Ruthe is the past president of Legal Services of Northern California.