Ashley Benson Speelmans, MSAP is a Senior Program Manager within the Sex Education & Training department at Advocates for Youth. In her role, Ashley provides project management support in developing and maintaining department-specific resources, websites and databases. Additionally, Ashley manages all of the logistics associated with Advocate’s Virtual Professional Development offerings, and supports the department in contract development and negotiation, budget management, and event planning. She has been with the organization since 2016.

Ashley holds a Master of Science in Applied Psychology, a graduate certificate in Human Resource Management from Sacred Heart University, and was awarded membership to the Psi Chi International Honor Society of Psychology in recognition of her academic performance.