The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the hiring of Ashley Finan as its membership recruitment and retention director.

In this role, she will lead the chamber’s membership efforts recruiting new members and ensuring current members are engaged in chamber activities and programming.

“Ashley possesses over five years of experience in higher education admissions and recruitment, which is an exciting skill set that transfers seamlessly. Her personality and attention to detail are a perfect fit and will go a long way in strengthening our commitment to our members,” said Eric L. Brown, Salina Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO.

Finan is originally from Salina and a graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University. After graduation, Finan was employed at KWU and Washburn University and boomeranged back to Salina from Topeka with her husband and children.