Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) announces that Ashlea Smith has
joined the firm as Marketing Coordinator. A professional with marketing,
proposal, and project coordination experience in industries that include
recycling, waste management, and energy efficiency, she will be a key member
of GBB’s marketing team, coordinating the proposal development process and
contributing to the firm’s marketing initiatives.
“Ashlea has an interesting combination of marketing, business development
support, and proposal management experience for consulting and design firms
that is valuable for the Marketing Coordinator position,” said Lori
Scozzafava, GBB Senior Vice President, Operations Officer. “Additionally,
her personal interest for environmental causes, recycling and sustainability
initiatives, makes her a good match to be a part of the GBB team.”
“I’m excited to join GBB and get the opportunity to use my skillset and
experience, and further expand it, while working closely with a group of
professionals with a similar passion than mine for the environment,” noted
Ms. Smith. Prior to joining GBB, she was Proposal, Marketing and Recruiting
Coordinator at George Sexton Associates, LLC, a lighting and museum design
firm, supporting marketing initiatives and business / proposal development
efforts. She was also Project Coordinator for ECORE Living, LLC, a
Washington, DC-based environmental consulting firm, coordinating projects
that included various waste reduction, recycling, and energy efficiency
initiatives for both public and private sector clients in the DC area. Her
experience also includes working with Freestate Farms, an agricultural
consulting firm based in Fauquier County, VA, where her responsibilities
ranged from review and coordination of responses to Requests for Proposals
for waste conversion, anaerobic digestions and composting projects, to
business development, and public relations.
She participated in the Sustainable DC Waste Management Working Group as
part of her responsibilities. Prior to that, after graduating from college,
she was Program Coordinator at the Alice Ferguson Foundation, a Maryland
non-profit organization promoting the environmental sustainability of the
Potomac River watershed, where she coordinated activities of the Trash Free
Potomac Watershed Initiative and served as Co-Chair of the Metropolitan
Washington Council of Government’s Organics Task Force. Ms. Smith earned a
Bachelor of Arts, Government and Comparative Politics, and a Certificate of
Project Management from George Mason University, in Virginia, where she was
Co-Chair of the GMU Recycling Working Group, and member of the
Sustainability Council.
For more information, visit www.GBBinc.com.