Ashley Heffernan

Agate Clerk

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Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

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About me
Non-Profit & Business Leader | Operations & Change Manager | Relationship Builder | Former Journalist
Education
- Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce
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  Graduate, Leadership Discovery
  Leadership Discovery is an innovative and skills-based leadership program that allows emergent business and community leaders to learn from experienced regional leaders.
- Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce
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  Graduate, Leadership Charleston
  The mission of the year-long Leadership Charleston program is to identify and motivate emerging leaders and to develop their leadership potential by introducing them to the realities, opportunities and challenges of the region’s civic and business communities.
- Harvard Business School Online
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  Credential of Readiness (CORe)
  CORe is a 150-hour credential program on the fundamentals of business from Harvard Business School Online. CORe is comprised of three courses - Business Analytics, Economics for Managers and Financial Accounting.
- University of South Carolina
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  Media Law School Fellowship
  Media Law School, hosted by the University of South Carolina School of Law and College of Information and Communications, provides selected journalists with the opportunity to develop a better understanding of the key stages of civil and criminal proceedings and to learn enough basic law to report accurately on many important issues in the news.
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
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  Bachelor of Arts English
  Four-year degree program, with a Certificate in Professional Writing, and minors in Journalism and Creative Writing; named to the Dean's List and winner of the Chancellor's Achievement Award.
Experience
- The Fayetteville Observer
  Aug 2004 - Aug 2006
  Agate Clerk
- StarNews
  Aug 2006 - Jul 2012
  Sports Clerk and Page Designer
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
  Aug 2007 - Dec 2010
  Office Assistant
- The Seahawk
  Aug 2010 - Dec 2010
  Social Media Specialist and Opinion Editor
- WECT-TV
  Feb 2011 - Jul 2012
  Community Web Producer
- Medical University of South Carolina
  Oct 2012 - Sept 2013
  Public Information Specialist
- Charleston Regional Business Journal
  Nov 2013 - May 2017
  Staff Writer
- Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
  Jun 2017 - Jul 2019
  - Director of Communications and Operations
    Jun 2018 - Jul 2019
  - Director Of Communication and Administration
    Jun 2017 - Jun 2018
- ATI | Advanced Technology International
  Jul 2019 - Nov 2023
  Senior Manager, Business Services
- March of Dimes
  Jan 2024 - now
  Senior Manager, Donor Development
Licenses & Certifications
- Advanced InDesign Training Certificate
  Sterling Ledet & Associates, Inc. (Adobe, Apple and Google authorized training facility)
  Mar 2013
- Professional Writing Certificate
  University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  Dec 2010
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Ashley Heffernan
  Bronze Award for Best Print Scoop Alliance of Area Business Publications, a group of 40 publications in the United States, Canada and Australia 2015
- Awarded to Ashley Heffernan
  First Place for Business Reporting South Carolina Press Association 2015 Won award for story titled "Everyone Eats" in the Charleston Regional Business JournalJudge's Comments: "Soul food for business news readers! Engaging storytelling around a unique business proposition - feeding customers because it's the right thing to do and letting them decide what to pay. The story delivers important and generous insights into the cultural ties between a business and its community."
- Awarded to Ashley Heffernan
  Third Place for Feature Reporting South Carolina Press Association 2015 Won award for story titled "They Come in Peace" in the Charleston Regional Business Journal
- Awarded to Ashley Heffernan
  Third Place for News Reporting South Carolina Press Association 2015 Won award for story co-authored with Liz Segrist and titled "Redefining Moment" in the Charleston Regional Business Journal
- Awarded to Ashley Heffernan
  Second Place for Business Reporting South Carolina Press Association 2014 Won award for story titled "Gator Growing: Commercial alligator farming legalized in South Carolina" in the Charleston Regional Business Journal
- Awarded to Ashley Heffernan
  Second Place for News Reporting South Carolina Press Association 2014 Won award for story titled "Campaign disclosure reports not always accurate" in the Charleston Regional Business Journal