Ashley Deland has sat on the Forbes Business Council for over three years, was awarded Business Elites 2022, “Top 40 under 40” winner, recognized by Business World Magazine, Aspioneer as “20 under 40: Inspiring Leaders To Watch 2023, featured as Success Sisters "Top 40 Under 40 Trailblazer" and more recently was nominated as "Entrepreneur Of The Year" by Women Empowerment Awards sponsored by Rogers. 

As a thought leader in the digital marketing, branding and business development space, her publications can be seen in Forbes, Inc, Medium, Entrepreneur and Authority Press. 

Ashley has spoken on multiple prestigious stages and within networking groups surrounding marketing, entrepreneurship and running three successful businesses at a time. 

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A thought leader in digital marketing, branding and business development

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Speaking Topics

  The Power Of Cultivating Community

  Leveraging Omnichannel Marketing To Amplify Visibility

○  Creating Impactful & Intentional Branding That Scales

  Narratives That Connect & Convert

○  The Power Of The Customer Journey

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Ashley Deland is a Strategic Business Advisor, multidisciplinary entrepreneur and voice of inspiration for female founders. 

With over a decade of experience and recognized expertise in the fields of marketing, branding, and business development, Ashley has been featured in Forbes, INC, Entrepreneur, and Authority Presswire. She is currently serving on the Forbes Business Council for the third consecutive year.

Ashley holds a Degree in Marketing and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the top world-ranking university, Griffith Business School. She has a proven track record of building, scaling, and marketing brands to achieve bottom-line results.
  
Ashley began her career working alongside some of the most influential minds in the world at ideaCity, in partnership with TED Conferences, gracing the stage with thought leaders such as Deepak Chopra, Margaret Atwood, and Robert Kennedy Jr.

For years, she managed marketing portfolios, sales, operational strategies, and event development and execution for multiple billion-dollar companies before shifting her focus to help entrepreneurs build multifaceted legacies and create impact on a greater scale.

Over the past decade, Ashley has worked intimately with hundreds of business owners globally, elevating a personal brand from $80k to $500k, a lifestyle brand from $1.2m to $1.7m, and a beauty brand from $1.5m to $2.1m, while collectively generating over $25 million in revenue.

Ashley was the Business Elites “Top 40 Under 40” winner in 2022 and was recognized by Business World Magazine as “20 Under 40: Inspiring Leaders To Watch in 2023.” She was nominated by The Women Empowerment Awards of Toronto for “Roger’s Entrepreneur Of The Year” 2023, won “Best Female Entrepreneur In Canada” at The 2023 Stevie Awards For Women In Business, was nominated for the YWCA “Women of Distinction” awards 2024, and was more recently the winner of “The Female Business Leader Award” from The Business Excellence Awards of Burlington. 

She is currently the Founder of Ashley Deland, an advisory firm that champions female founders, lifestyle visionaries, and creatives, as well as the CEO of Maison De Land, a full-service creative design house that supports lifestyle brands and founders alike through comprehensive done-for-you services.

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