Ashley leads Wake County Economic Development’s comprehensive business expansion, recruitment, and relocation efforts focused on four key market segments: Information Technology, Life Sciences, Cleantech, and Advanced Manufacturing. As a component of this, she also oversees Wake County’s talent attraction, retention and pipeline strategy, focused on growing and recruiting highly skilled talent in the Triangle.

Prior to joining WCED, Ashley was the Executive Director of the Montgomery County (NC) Economic Development Corporation.

Born and raised in Richmond County, NC on her parents’ farm, Ashley holds a BA in Organizational Communications from UNC-Charlotte and a certificate in nonprofit management from Duke University. Ashley and her husband Andy moved to Holly Springs in 2014, and enjoy cheering on the Wolfpack and the Hurricanes with their three kids: Emma, Hall, and Eli.