Ashley Flintoff is the Director of Planning and Space Management for Wayne State University’s Facilities Planning and Management department. In this role, Ashley oversees planning and execution of university space plans, resource management, programs, designs, guidelines and standards related to the development, conservation, preservation and enhancement of Institution land and facilities. This includes campus master planning, strategic campus and site selection planning, annual and six-year capital planning, and deferred maintenance planning. This group is also responsible for ADA compliance requirements and space assignment requests.

Ashley 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, social media for non-profits and presentation skills. Ashley is a founding Board Member and Secretary/Treasurer of the Volterra-Detroit Foundation and recently completed a 6-year term on the Board of the Association for Community Design. 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.