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David Ashley
Instructor, QUEST Honors Program
Executive in Residence
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David Ashley is an adjunct professor and an Executive in Residence at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, teaching QUEST courses as well as marketing research courses for the Department of Marketing. He is also currently the Acting Chief Data Officer at the U.S. Treasury Department, addressing department-wide data issues and strategic planning to optimize data across the department. He was formerly the Chief of Human Capital Business Solutions at the United States Secret Service, where he managed a team overseeing agency-wide IT systems, data governance, and data integrity efforts. He was previously the Human Capital Data Analytics Manager at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters, leading a division overseeing data analytics and reporting of the 230,000 DHS workforce across its 10 components. He also served as a program analyst for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where his duties involved developing business models, conducting surveys, and overseeing program reviews. David Ashley holds an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a graduate degree from the University of New Mexico, and has completed the Hansard Scholars Program at the University of London.