ASHLEY HARP

Ashley has been honing her award-winning writing style since childhood when she would escape to her imaginary world and journal up a storm. Her creative talent is now housed under our Athens tent where she supports both local and regional clients with public relations and branding strategy.

Prior to joining our firm she spent almost six years at Talk, Inc., a full-service agency in Wilmington, N.C. There she gained experience in everything from media buying to event planning, eventually landing the role of Creative Director. She earned the National Silver Microphone Award for a jingle she helped produce for Wilmington’s public transit system, and also picked up ADDYs and awards from the Raleigh PR Society.

Ashley graduated summa cum laude from Berry College, where she majored in Communications and minored in Creative Writing, English and Theatre. She also studied with a visiting fiction author who encouraged her to pursue a graduate degree in writing. Ashley received an Alpha Chi Benedict Fellowship, paving the way to her Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

An alumna of Leadership Oconee, Ashley was selected by her peers for the James McLain Leadership Award and now serves on the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. She also chairs the steering committee of SingleServe, a volunteer organization for singles that she created in 2008. The Athens Banner-Herald named her to its “40 under 40” list in 2009, in recognition of her many accomplishments.

She is happy to be back home in Watkinsville, spending time with her close-knit family and testing her photo skills on her nephew and niece or her cat, Kudzu. Ashley is a connoisseur of food and fine pottery, and is mad about Harry… Potter that is. If she could teleport anywhere, it would be to London for tea with J.K. Rowling, whom she views as a brilliant storyteller.