Ashley Flintoff is the Director of Planning and Space Management for Wayne State University’s Facilities Planning and Management department. She is a dual graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Masters of Community Development and has a Master of Urban Planning from Wayne State University. Ashley has been an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy on topics such as regional sustainability, community development for institutions, social media for nonprofits, and presentation skills; and has taught Urban Planning Process in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Wayne State University. Ashley is a founding Board Member and Secretary/Treasurer of the Volterra-Detroit Foundation, a former Board member of the Association for Community Design and was recently recognized by Crain’s Detroit as a 2022 Notable Woman in Construction, Design, and Architecture. As an avid fan of urban environments, Ashley is one of Detroit’s biggest cheerleaders. When not sailing on their 1978 Pearson 30, Ashley, her husband Tim and their pets Hunter, Akela and Nora are renovating a 1914 Victorian home in Detroit’s historic Woodbridge neighborhood.