Ashlea Jones

Ashlea Jones is the Director of Executive Communications at Miami University. Before that, they were a freelance journalist for the Winston-Salem Chronicle and a communications manager for Winston-Salem State University. Ashlea has also worked as a sales and marketing assistant for Cowboy Jungle, Inc.

Ashlea is a skilled communications professional with experience in omni-channel marketing campaigns, student recruitment and retention, internal communications, fundraising, and engagement. Ashlea is an expert in writing feature stories, editing, scriptwriting, and managing online calendars. Ashlea is also a trained crisis communication specialist.

In their current role at Miami University, Ashlea is responsible for developing and executing communications plans and strategies for a wide range of projects. This includes writing and editing talking points and FAQs, managing social media platforms, and pitch stories to the media.

Ashlea Jones has a certificate in communication and technology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master's degree in strategic communication with a focus in public relations and image management from High Point University, and bachelor's degrees in mass communications and English from Virginia Commonwealth University and Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge, respectively.

They are on a team with Cristina Alcalde - Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, David Sayler - Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, and David Sayler - Vice President for Information Technology. Ashlea Jones reports to Gregory Crawford, President.