Ashley McDonald is the assistant vice president of sustainability development and outreach for the National Pork Board. In her role, she works on behalf of the more than 60,000 U.S. pig farmers who are striving to tell their sustainability continuous improvement story.

Prior to her tenure at the National Pork Board, McDonald was the senior director of sustainability for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), representing cattle producers in sustainability initiatives domestically and internationally. In that role, she served as the executive director of the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB). She has also previously served as NCBA’s Environmental Counsel in Washington, D.C., as well as Missouri Farm Bureau Federation’s director of state legislative affairs.

McDonald holds a degree in agriculture economics from the University of Missouri and a Juris Doctorate degree from the Antonin Scalia Law School (George Mason University) in Arlington, Virginia.

Ashley is the proud mom of Charlotte and Beckett. She enjoys their activities, as well as hiking and camping with them and her husband, Kevin.