Getting to the know the team: Ashley Cooper

Ashley grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee with her twin sister, Amory. She graduated from Virginia Tech in 2006 with a degree in Business Management and Leadership. Ashley is a huge Virginia Tech football fan and enjoys going to see games in the Fall. After college, Ashley landed her dream job at Walt Disney World with the Disney Event Group in the Creative Media Department. She organized photo, video, and digital graphics for convention events for over six years. Events are one of Ashley's passions and she continues to plan parties and weddings locally.

In 2013, she decided to return to Tennessee to work for her Dad as the Business Manager at GSM Filtration. GSM is a manufacturing company that makes spare parts for industrial machines that separate a solid from a liquid. The parts are used in wastewater treatment, power plants, mining and many other industries. In her spare time, Ashley's active in three non-profit boards: Engage Kingsport, a cultural arts program; Junior League of Kingsport, women's community service group; and PEAK, local young professional group. Ashley recently bought a house and is having fun planning her next vacation back to Disney.