Gretchen M. Ashton
Ms. Ashton is president and founder of Ashton Associates, Inc. She oversees all aspects of projects, particularly in the area of design and implementation. She has extensive hands-on experience with developing and managing many innovative and strategic projects for both the public and private sectors. She specializes in facilitating public/private partnerships, administering surveys, conducting access and mobility analysis and feasibility studies, managing parking and commuter services, and developing policy. Ms. Ashton has a Masters Degree in Urban Affairs and Planning from Boston University.
Prior to forming Ashton Associates in 1996, Ms. Ashton was responsible for administering CMAQ funds available through the program under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Bureau of Transportation Planning & Development. She has considerable knowledge of local public-sector processes as well. As Senior Planner for the City of Boston Transportation Department (BTD) she evaluated and monitored Access Plans for 23 downtown businesses, and developed employer/ employee benefit and tenant amenities packages for developers. In addition, she has designed and implemented several employer trip-reduction programs and was responsible for developing the survey methodology that the firms utilized, as well as the environmental compliance reports for a number of large employers
Sandra P. Hickey
Ms. Hickey is a project assistant and office manager for Ashton Associates and has extensive business experience in the biotech and health care industry including establishing and maintaining vendor accounts and databases, processing data, and providing customer service. She brings expertise and skills in research, editing, proofing and preparing reports for full production, and survey/database preparation directly related tracking systems, and market research. Ms Hickey is currently trained in scanning and data entry for all optical and web based surveys.
