Ashley Dafel

Chief Executive Officer at Yorkville University

Ashley Dafel is the current Chief Operating Officer at Yorkville University. Prior to this, they were the President and CEO of Creation Technologies from January 2015 to December 2019.

Dafel began their career at Husky Injection Molding Systems in May 2009 as the Director of Special Projects. Ashley was promoted to Treasurer and Finance Transformation Leader in July 2013 and left the company in December 2014.

In February 2008, Dafel joined Nortel Networks as the Chief Audit Executive. Ashley left Nortel Networks in April 2009 and became the CEO and Lead Managing Director of Injectoplast GMBH in January 2011. Ashley left Injectoplast in December 2012 and became the Lead Managing Director and Board Member of Husky-KTW in November 2010.

Dafel became the Lead Principal of Life Quality Corp in May 2000. Ashley left Life Quality Corp in January 2008 to become President of the company in January 2020.

Ashley Dafel is a certified internal auditor who has a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand. Ashley also has two master's degrees in business administration, one from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and one from York University's Schulich School of Business. Ashley Dafel is currently a director in an education program at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Ashley Dafel reports to Julia Christensen Hughes, President. They work with Loring Phinney - VP, Marketing & Communications, Jana Comeau - Dean, Bachelor of Business Administration, New Brunswick, and Laurel Stein - VP, Business Planning.

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    February, 2023 - present

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