Ashley Welch

Ashley Welch

Director, Leadership and Sustainability, Boston, MA

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Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that is how the light gets in.
Leonard Cohen


Professional Profile

For the last two years, Ashley has been focused on building Interaction Associates’ practice in leadership development and sustainability. By doing research and forging partnerships with world-class sustainability experts, Ashley and her colleagues have developed an approach to developing forward thinking, collaborative and innovative business leaders who are also stewards of the planet. Ashley has extensive global experience, living in Argentina, Costa Rica, the U.K, India and Mexico. For eleven years prior to this assignment, Ashley was a Senior Director of Client Solutions for Interaction Associates, focused on business development and account management, and  was one of the top revenue generators for the company.

Current and Past Clients Include

Boston Scientific, Pfizer, Comcast

Pro Bono Clients

IISC, Give Us Your Poor (www.giveusyourpoor.org), West End House, Boys & Girls Club, Wayland Nutrition Committee

On Working at IA

I love working at IA. I have been here over 11 years and continue to be inspired by my colleagues and the work we are doing in the world.

More About Me

I am leading the nutrition committee at our daughters' elementary school in order to enhance the school's focus on health and wellness. I love to create collage and to repurpose random pieces of metal, wood, etc. for artistic and practical use.

Recommended Links

http://www.worldchanging.com

Recommended Books

Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
Necessary Revolution
by Peter M. Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Laur, Sarah Schley  
The New Facts of Life
by Frijof Capra (article)
Capitalism at the Crossroads
by Stuart Hart

What I Care About

I care a lot about our environment, and am constantly striving to reduce my own consumption, as well as my family's. I also care about health and look for ways to eliminate toxicity in our food, home, schools and in our immediate environment. Lastly, I am striving to raise our two girls to be loving, open, socially-conscious, independent individuals.

Anything else of interest: Ask me about Box Parties.