Ashley began her career as an auditor with Tate & Tryon, located in Washington, DC. After seven years specializing in non-profit audit, she made the leap from public accounting into the private sector, as controller of a venture capital backed satellite antenna design and manufacturing firm. She used the experience of the non-profit and engineering/manufacturing world to join the Plastics Industry Association where she was promoted to Chief Financial Officer, overseeing all operations.
Ashley is an alumnus of American University where she received a Bachelor of Science in business administration and accounting. She is originally from Staten Island, New York and has been living and working in Washington, DC for nearly two decades.