Ashley Merrill

Founder & CEO Lunya

As founder of Lunya and Lahgo, Ashley Merrill is reinventing sleepwear for modern women and men, respectively. Both brands share a simple mission: to elevate rest in people’s lives. Beyond Lahgo and Lunya, Ashley is principal at her impact investing firm NaHCO3, where she leverages her background in venture, technology, and the arts to invest in ways that utilize business to create opportunity and move humanity forward. Ashley is also cofounder of The Deep, a media platform that makes philosophy and personal exploration accessible through thought-provoking questions, and the Chairwoman of Outdoor Voices. Both personally and professionally, she is an active supporter of organizations like Sola, Upstream, and United Medical Corps. She is a Southern California native and resides there with her husband and their two young children.