Hi, I'm Ashley
Learning and development leader, partner marketer, and lifelong student of people. Here is the story behind the tagline.
Ask me what I do for a living and the answer changes depending on the day. Some days I am building partner marketing campaigns that turn software integrations into real revenue. Other days I am the person quietly making sure a room full of people has exactly what they need, right when they need it. The truth sits somewhere in between: I take complicated things, whether that is a coaching program, a co-marketing campaign, or an event with a multimillion dollar budget, and I make them make sense.
My path here was not a straight line, and I would not want it any other way. I started in facility operations at the Mercedes-Benz Academy, learning that even the most polished training experience only works if someone handles the details nobody sees. From there, I moved into executive support, event marketing, and eventually running events for TaskHuman, where I managed multimillion-dollar budgets and represented the company at various events like ATD, DevLearn, UNLEASH, and Gartner HR. Somewhere along the way, I fell hard for learning and development itself: building competency frameworks, launching more than twenty coaching programs, and helping enterprise clients get real, measurable value from their people investments. Today I work in referral partner marketing at NMI, where I get to combine everything I love most: strategy, storytelling, and the kind of cross-functional teamwork that moves the needle.
People First. Results Second. is not a tagline I picked because it sounded nice. It is how I actually work. I believe the best campaigns, programs, and events all start with genuinely understanding the humans on the other end, whether that is a partner account manager, a coaching client, a conference speaker, or a room full of attendees. Get the people part right, and the results tend to follow.
I am also, by choice and mild obsession, a lifelong student. I am currently working toward a Ph.D. in Human Resource Development at Texas A&M, on top of a master's degree, a bachelor's degree, and enough HubSpot certifications to make my inbox very proud of me. I like knowing the theory behind the practice, and I like even more putting that theory to work somewhere it actually matters.
Whatever brought you to this page, thank you for stopping by. If you want to talk partnerships, learning strategy, event design, or why a good list always has at least four items, my inbox is open.
People First. Results Second.
Experience
Partner Marketing Manager, NMI
April 2026 to Present
Campaign Curator, Sendoso
February 2026 to April 2026
Learning Experience Design Manager and Operations Manager, TaskHuman
February 2025 to October 2025
Events Director, TaskHuman
June 2024 to February 2025
Event Marketing Specialist, TaskHuman
March 2022 to June 2024
Executive Administrative Assistant to Head of Sales, TaskHuman
January 2022 to March 2022
Executive Assistant, Renewable Biofuels Inc.
August 2017 to December 2021
Facility Coordinator, Mercedes-Benz Academy, Mercedes-Benz USA
February 2013 to 2017
Education
Ph.D., Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University
2025 to Present, 4.0 GPA
MS, Human Resource Development and Training and Development, Midwestern State University
2024 to 2025, 3.6 GPA
BAAS, Human Resources, Midwestern State University
2021 to 2023, 3.7 GPA
Certifications
- HubSpot Academy: Sales Enablement Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Inbound Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Content Hub Software Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Digital Advertising Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Inbound Marketing Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Social Media Marketing Certification II
- HubSpot Academy: Content Hub Software Certified
- HubSpot Academy: Content Marketing Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Growth-Driven Design Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Social Media Marketing Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Reporting Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Digital Marketing Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Inbound Marketing Optimization Certification
- HubSpot Academy: Marketing Software Certification