Ashley Smith earned an associate degree in business management at Ricks College before graduating with a bachelor's degree in business administration management at Idaho State University. He went on to complete a MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Ashley worked for 17 years in management for Walmart in Rexburg, Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, Pocatello, and areas in Idaho and Arizona. He joined the Online Curriculum Design team at BYU-Idaho in 2017, where he serves as an online curriculum designer for BYU-Pathway Worldwide students.
Ashley is a co-author of a curriculum manual for BYU-Idaho's Business 115 course called "Excel in Practice."