Ashlee Harrison

Ashlee Harrison is the founder and chief executive of mental health charity zero2hero. She founded the charity at the age of 21 before commencing her Commerce degree at Curtin University. Established in 2009, zero2hero has become widely recognised and respected for its programs and work with youth mental health and suicide prevention. Ms Harrison, together with her team of staff and hundreds of volunteers, continue to impact more than 28,000 young West Australian’s from more than 250 WA Schools every year.

Ms Harrison was awarded Young Western Australian of the Year for her work with zero2hero. She was also recognised by the Australian Financial Review as one of Australia’s 100 Woman of Influence, recipient of a Pride of Australia Medal, finalist for Australian of the Year, and winner of the WA Youth Award for Education.