Experience

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  National Retail Federation

  • Vice President of Tax Policy

    • Oct 2022 - Present

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  Wilson Network LLC

  • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Feb 2022 - Present
    • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

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  U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  • United States
  • Government Relations Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Vice President of Government Relations and Managing Director of Public Affairs

    • Sep 2019 - Feb 2022

    In addition to serving as the Chamber's chief tax lobbyist and providing general legislative strategy and direction for the powerhouse lobbying team, Ashley is Executive Director of the Chamber's Women Taking the Lead program which connects and champions high performing women leaders. She also helps build out the Public Affairs arm of her division to showcase the Chamber's work on Capitol Hill and put a spotlight on the many ways the nation's largest business federation leads in advocacy. Ashley is focusing on telling stories in innovative ways, organizing efforts to strengthen and build out grassroots networks and executing and directing new approaches to bring together business community stakeholders and top government officials to collaborate and create action plans on key issues of importance to the business community.Ashley also manages the lobbying, strategic communications, political, and grassroots efforts on large scale advocacy campaigns. Her role is to help position the Chamber as a leading national voice for pro-growth economic policies and advocate for the interests of domestic companies, international and multinational corporations, and small businesses. She has developed vast, senior-level, bipartisan contacts on Capitol Hill, in particular with tax writing committees, House and Senate leadership and the administration and she specializes in offering strategic advice for overcoming hurdles to enacting key legislation.She is a frequent speaker at state and local chamber events across the U.S. to educate and activate grassroots on a variety of other issues too. Ashley participates in broad and diverse industry working groups as well as the Chamber's Freshman Forums with new Members of Congress. She also provides leadership on the steering committees for numerous coalitions and awards members of Congress with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's "Spirit of Enterprise" Award in districts and states.

  • Vice President, Tax Legislative Strategy

    • Nov 2017 - Sep 2019

    Ashley successfully led a multi-divisional, cross-functional advocacy effort across Chamber divisions and the larger business community to enact the first comprehensive tax reform package in over 31 years. In this role she traveled the country delivering more than 100 speeches in 2018 to generate support for the sweeping overhaul.

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  Chief

  • Founding Member

    • Feb 2021 - May 2021

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  U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  • United States
  • Government Relations Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Executive Director, Congressional and Public Affairs

    • 2008 - 2017

  • Director, Congressional and Public Affairs

    • 2003 - 2008

    Ashley directed the Chamber’s legislative efforts from 2002 to 2007 and was instrumental in securing major legislative victories for the business community on transportation, water resources, and federal aviation issues.

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  Amtrak

  • Director

    • 2002 - 2003

    Keyed into the economic environment and political landscapes, Wilson directed successful strategies - including grassroots and coalition development - that secured legislative wins for the association and passenger rail groups.

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  Association of American Railroads

  • Director Of Governmental Affairs

    • 1999 - 2003

    Wilson honed her advocacy skills in senior positions with the Association of American Railroads, the nation’s largest railroad association.

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  Senator William V. Roth, Jr.

  • Legislative Assistant

    • 1993 - 1999

    Wilson was legislative assistant to former Sen. William V. Roth Jr. (R-DE), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. She aided the Senator on the Finance Committee working on tax, energy, environment, and infrastructure issues and played an integral role in negotiating must-pass bills and shepherding them through the legislative process.