Valerie Ashby

North Carolina · born or raisedBorn 1965

American chemist

Born in Clayton
Studied at University of North Carolina
Worked at Duke University
Worked at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

chemist, academic administrator, university teacher

Recorded without a firm citation

Kept here, labelled, rather than mixed in above.

If I was talking to someone I mentor, I would say to make sure that you’re comfortable in your own skin. I don’t care what job you have. You need to know who you are, and then you look for a place that wants who you are. Then you go and do the best you can, being who you are authentically. And I think that’ll work.

Having left various roles and come into different roles, I pride myself on being a good leaver. I just left Duke University, which I loved and still love, and I don’t allow anybody to talk to me about anything there.

It is a privilege to be in leadership, and we are indeed in service to people.

We will advance knowledge, economic prosperity and social justice by welcoming and inspiring inquisitive minds from all backgrounds.