Ashley Metzger is a public agency professional with more than a dozen years of experience guiding outreach and engagement in the public sector. She has crafted communications plans, overseen website redesigns and branding projects, developed and implemented findings from community surveys, and always enjoys strategic copy writing. She started her career at a communications consulting firm that worked for public agencies and renewable energy projects and then joined a local government team where she was later appointed as Director of Public Affairs. She joined RGS to expand her work to other public agencies. Ashley has planned and executed community, tribal, stakeholder and media relations for utility-scale renewable energy projects and associations; groundwater sustainability agencies; regional collaboratives; and more. Ashley also regularly acts as a media spokesperson and has led high-profile tours and coordinated media relations for emergencies including drought, wildfire and other crises. She managed press events featuring former DOI Secretary Sally Jewell and CA Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot.