W. Ross Ashley III

Assistant Administrator, Grant Programs

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W. Ross Ashley was confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2007 and currently serves as the Assistant Administrator of the Grant Programs Directorate (GPD).  Before assuming his position at GPD, Mr. Ashley served as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Children's Center (NCC), prior to which he was on the Board of Directors.  During his time with the NCC, Mr. Ashley led all aspects of the agency including quality of care and financial management.

Prior to his tenure at the NCC, Mr. Ashley joined ChoicePoint in 2004, and served as the Vice President of Federal Government Affairs. 

In February 2000, Mr. Ashley founded the Templar Corporation.  Working with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), The Templar Corporation began the development of sophisticated data integration solutions with a single purpose in mind:  to improve public safety and security agency's capabilities to share information.  Under Mr. Ashley's leadership, Templar products grew to support over 100 federal, state and local government agencies.

Prior to founding Templar, as the Director of Law Enforcement Technologies at ISX Corporation, Mr. Ashley was responsible for several information sharing initiatives for federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.  He provided senior level consultation services to the National Institute of Justice on various information technology programs for the DOD/DOJ Joint Program Steering Group and external agencies such as DARPA.

Prior to joining ISX, Mr. Ashley served in a variety of private sector positions to include supporting the National Intelligence Community and providing high level operational support planning to the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Secretary of the Air Force in intelligence collection planning and analysis, and operational combat assessments.  Mr. Ashley is a retired Air Force Information Operations Officer serving both in the Virginia Air National Guard and the United States Air Force Reserves.

Mr. Ashley is a distinguished graduate of the Academy of Military Science, holds a BA from George Mason University and a MS from the Joint Military Intelligence College.  He and his wife Lauren, and their four children reside in Arlington, Virginia.

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