2022 40 Under Forty Awards
Ashleigh Crowe, 36
Logistics manager, J.F. Moran Co.
How has COVID-19 changed your industry? COVID-19 threw a bunch of key disrupters into our industry, such as supply chain delays, steamship line and airlines space issues, capacity pulled due to shortages in personnel, severe rate increases with fuel and surcharges, raw material and manufacturing shortages, the list goes on and on. The name of the game became information and communication. More than ever, our role shifted to making sure our clients were kept updated on the constant changes in regulations, changes in tariffs and changes in the industry.
What is the best advice you have ever received? “Give me someone fast because I can’t teach speed. But I can teach them how to play the sport.”
Where do you see yourself in five years? Continue to work for a growing and learning organization that is committed to excellence, continue to be a lifelong learner, and serving my community locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
What advice would you give your 22-year-old self? Surround yourself with people who are smarter, wiser and willing to mentor and sponsor you.
Fox or MSNBC? Both. The truth is somewhere in the middle.
What led you to pursuing a career in your current industry? During the recession in 2008, I found myself laid off from my first job out of college. It was through a leap of faith of accepting an account manager position at a small freight forwarder that I fell in love with supply chain logistics. My grandfather used to say, “It takes a certain person to run toward a fire.” Now while I’m not a firefighter, I’m a problem solver. I love what I do. Each day I wake up and I choose to run toward the fire.
