Ashley Barhorst
Special guest
Ashley is the Director of Sales of the North Texas region for Iscential; a risk management, insurance, and financial planning organization. She is responsible for building, developing, and managing both outside producers and the newly founded Inside Sales team, as well as occasionally selling herself! Her focus daily is on growth – for Iscential, it’s associates, and it’s clients. She brings this passion for growth and development to the Board of Directors for NBDA to help create and establish the DFW chapter.
Ashley majored in Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University, and also received her Master’s Degree in Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M after 6 years in the electrical industry. Her education and industry experience help drive her desire to learn as much as possible about different businesses, and how the organization as a whole and the individuals that comprise it can be successful.
Ashley enjoys reading, good wine, great food, and trying anything new. She’s a Houston native, but new to DFW after 8 years in Chicago, so this Texas girl is glad to be home!
Ashley Barhorst has been a guest on 1 episode.
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Ep018: Essentials of Business Development with Ashley Barhorst
April 20th, 2022 | 40 mins 18 secs
Today on the NBDA Podcast, we're speaking with Ashley Barhorst, Director of Sales for North Texas at Iscential, an independent insurance agency, risk management, and financial services firm. She is also the Membership Development Director on the NBDA board.
In this episode, we talk about her background, role with Iscential, and how she was drafted to join the board here at NBDA, a role she has described as one of the best business decisions she ever made.
This is a great conversation, and Ashley shares her business development strategies, the lessons she's learned, and advice she'd give to a new person in a business development role.