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Alecia Ashford
With over fifteen years of Accounting and Finance experience in the manufacturing sector, Alecia Ashford is excited about becoming a member of the Plan4Success strategic program. Currently Alecia is a Manager in the Auditing-Internal Control area with Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. Alecia has gained career experiences over the last six years with Ford Motor Company in the areas of cost analysis developing and implement competitive pricing models, new product development, delivering cost structures for investment and analysis for the Lincoln Mercury vehicle lines, procurement operations-supplier auditing, providing savings well over $50 million dollars in reduced payout for supplier program cancellation claims, and now spearheading the effort to successfully implement legislative Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to the automotive giant's Purchasing management information systems arena, which was one of the first Fortune 500 companies to successfully achieve compliance in 2004. Prior to joining the Ford Motor Company, Alecia gained her finance analytical skills with, Monsanto Electronic Materials, St. Peters, Missouri, in the area of product cost control and reporting. Smiths Industries, Grand Rapids, Michigan in the development of aerospace research and competitive analysis and United Technologies, Dearborn, Michigan, developing new model vehicle pricing strategy for General Motors vehicle lines. Alecia is also an avid community activist, working with Junior Achievement, Girl scouts, Big Brothers, Big Sisters and also served as a Board member of the Grand Rapids Urban League, and currently as a Board member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Lambda Pi Omega Foundation in Detroit, Michigan. Alecia achieved a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Elon University in Elon, North Carolina and a Master of Business Administration from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.
