Ashley Woodson - Institute for Security Governance

Staff

Peace & Security Division

Ms. Ashley Woodson is the Operations Manager for the Emergency Management & Resilience (EM&R) functional area in the Peace & Security (P&S) Division of the Institute for Security Governance (ISG), to include the Civil-Military Emergency Preparedness Program (CMEP).

Prior to this, Ms. Woodson served as the Associate Operations Manager for the Joint Foreign Area Officer (FAO) Program at the US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Her previous area of focus was coordination of skills sustainment courses for senior FAOs in Monterey and abroad.

In her current role, she supports the planning and facilitation of international disaster preparedness and response engagements, and post-event evaluation and assessment. Her projects have convened various communities of international organizations, and non-governmental and government stakeholders for trainings, workshops, and exercises intended to share best practices and institutional knowledge.

Ms. Woodson holds a Master of Arts in Security Studies with a focus on Stabilization and Reconstruction from the Naval Postgraduate School, a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the California State University of Monterey Bay, and a Certificate in Urban Sustainable Agriculture from the University of the District of Columbia. She and her husband reside in Alexandria, Virginia.