Most recently, Ali served as Director, Partnerships and Career Strategy at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was on faculty for its Center for Innovative Musicianship. Previously, she was Director, Marketing and Business Development at the Curtis Institute of Music, UX researcher at Comcast NBCUniversal, and founder of Philadelphia-based stationery company Groundswell Greetings. An advocate for Northeast Ohio’s creative economy, Ali provides consulting services to local artists, small businesses, and startups to strengthen their brand strategy and digital marketing efforts.

Ali holds a BA in anthropology from Haverford College and an MBA from Temple University’s Fox School of Business.