Prior to leading the Burton D. Morgan Mentoring Program at JumpStart, Ali served as Director, Partnerships and Digital Marketing at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was on faculty for its Center for Innovative Musicianship. Previous roles included Associate Director, Digital Marketing and Business Development at the Curtis Institute of Music, UX Researcher at Comcast NBCUniversal, and Founder of Philadelphia-based stationery company Groundswell Greetings.

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