Ms. Ashley Grace

Ashlee is Denver's Director of the Waterway Resiliency Program (WATR), a partnership between the City and County of Denver and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The program aims to enhance and restore nearly six miles of ecosystem along the South Platte River and significantly reduce flood risk for communities along Weir Gulch and Harvard Gulch. The program is considered a pilot program for USACE as it is one of the first project agreements in which the non-Federal sponsor leads contracting and project implementation. Ashlee has been with Denver's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure for nearly ten years, starting as the City's first green infrastructure planner followed by a position as a Community Designer during which she managed design and coordination of major infrastructure projects in southeast Denver. Before joining the City of Denver, Ashlee managed the Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities initiative as part of the the University of Michigan's Graham Sustainability Institute and in partnership with NOAA's Great Lakes Integrated Science and Assessment office. Ashlee received her Master of Science and her Master of Urban Planning from the University of Michigan. She received her Bachelor degree from New York University.