Ashley Hord Navarra
Office and Budget Manager
Ashley joined UNCW in 2007 and has served as the Office and Budget Manager in the Career Center since 2015. In this role, she supervises the administrative team, which includes one full-time staff member and three student employees. Ashley manages the daily operations of the front office and leads key administrative functions such as purchasing, travel, reimbursements, business entertainment, interdepartmental invoices, and computer inventory. As the Budget Manager, she tracks and analyzes financial activity, manages payments, prepares monthly budget reports, and provides budget recommendations to leadership.
She also serves as the Career Center’s Hiring Coordinator and Timekeeper, supporting recruitment and onboarding for staff and student positions, coordinating interviews and candidate travel, and offering guidance on HR processes such as leave reporting.
Top 5 CliftonStrengths: Responsibility, Achiever, Relator, Learner, Developer
Education
A.A.S. in Photographic Technology, Randolph Community College
Project Management Certificate, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Honors & Awards
UNCW Staff Senate, Committee of the Year, 2012
UNCW Staff Senate, Senator of the Year, 2012
UNCW Staff Senate, Most Likely to Go the Extra Mile, 2012