As the Founder, CEO & Lead Strategic Growth Facilitator at The Opia Designs Company, Ashleigh Pandora Montford brings specialized expertise in nonprofit scaling and sustainable growth to the Fundraising Success track. With extensive experience helping mission-driven organizations develop comprehensive growth strategies, Ashleigh understands how to transform passionate vision into structured, sustainable success.

Ashleigh Pandora, appreciate you joining us today. One of our favorite things to brainstorm about with friends who’ve built something entrepreneurial is what they would do differently if they were to start over today. Surely, there are things you’ve learned that would allow you to do it over faster, more efficiently. We’d love to hear how you would go about setting things up if you were starting over today, knowing everything that you already know.

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Ashleigh Montford. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Ashleigh below.

Savannah State University student Ashleigh Montford has been crowned Miss Black Savannah US Ambassador for 2017-18.

I can hear my late grandmother’s joyful laugh now as I tell her that “I finally did it!” I did the thing that I wanted to do and now I have a corporation under my belt. Interestingly enough, making it to 28 was like, “Wow, I really made it this far,” and now that I’m here in 2022 and living the best way I know how – there’s nothing left to it but to do it.

The Miss Black International Ambassador Scholarship Organization is pleased to announce the crowning of one of our newest International Ambassadors. Ashleigh Montford will compete as Miss Black Southern States International Ambassador in the Summer of 2020 against young women from around the world for this prestigious

Ashleigh Montford has been crowned Miss Black Georgia US Ambassador 2018-19. She has a 4.0 in the Master of Public Administration program at Savannah State University, where she earned a Bachelor’s in Journalism and Mass Communications in May 2017.

The United States of America Pageant Organization, presents The USOA Miss Georgia Pageant to be held September 17, 2023 at the Homer J Walker Civic Center in Warner Robins, GA. The USOA Pageant Organization is pleased to announce the crowning of our newest titleholder. Ashleigh Montford was recently named USOA Ms. Savannah 2023, and will be vying for the crown in her hometown of Warner Robins, GA.

The most complex factor in establishing, building and maintaining businesses would be having balance. It is so easy to fall into a routine of working that one could forget to actually indulge in a break ever so often.