Trinity alumnus Jeff Ashley ’85 was named as one of four University of Kentucky Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award recipients. The 2015 recipients were honored during the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors Summer Workshop in Lexington June 19.

The UK Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to honor and recognize up to four recipients who have provided extraordinary service to UK and the association.   Ashley is founder, president and senior consultant of Ashley|Rountree and Associates.

Ashley graduated from UK in 1989, earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and in 1997 from Webster University, earning a master’s degree in marketing. For the past 14 years, he has served as president of Ashley|Rountree and Associates, a consulting firm he founded that focuses on philanthropy and is a nonprofit leadership business located in Louisville.

Ashley is past-president of the Greater Louisville UK Alumni Club and a member of the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors. He has been the chairman and vice chairman of the Membership Committee and was on the Club Development Committee. He has also been a member of the UK Advocacy Network, working with legislators regarding issues of importance to UK and higher education.

As a UK student, he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and Omicron Delta Kappa honor society. Ashley is a member of the Trinity High School Foundation Board, is softball commissioner for East Louisville Sports and a member of the Rotary Club of Louisville.

With more than 20 years of fundraising experience, he has assisted in raising more than $500 million throughout his career.