Ashley Shenk brings significant Defense and Aerospace experience to her role as Communications Manager at Distinctive Edge. With a strong marketing, communications, and human resources background, she excels at optimizing communication channels, developing compelling content, and crafting business-critical messages that resonate with target audiences.
Ashley has dedicated most of her career to the Defense and Aerospace sector. In her previous role at Ultra Electronics Group, she served in positions of increasing responsibility across human resources, moving to the corporate communications and employee engagement department. This depth of experience leading HR and corporate communications initiatives across a multi-national defense contractor enables Ashley to bring specialized knowledge and skill to her work building and executing corporate communications programs. Areas of expertise include developing specialized communication plans and targeted messaging focused on change management, organizational development, and acquisition processes.
In addition to serving clients on the communications side, Ashley excels at project management across functions. Her experience executing global events and internal conferences for company-wide initiatives and leadership teams makes her an invaluable resource in helping clients achieve their event management goals.
When she’s not achieving results for her clients, Ashley enjoys serving her community through her position on the leadership team at Young Women’s Alliance, a nonprofit organization in Central Texas.
Ashley holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh, a certification in Digital Marketing, and is a Certified Professional in Human Resource Management.