Ashlee Hollis is a visionary leader with the ability to champion creatives, and the President and Founder of award-winning Helm Creative Studio, a certified women-owned business and creative agency that is redefining what it means to lead one’s story. With multiple degrees in Business Administration, Digital Marketing, and Philanthropy, Ashlee has merged her intelligence with her empathy for people by building a team culture where creatives can thrive and are focused on growth, excellence, clarity, creativity, passion, and heart. A focused extrovert determined to do the best for both client and team, Ashlee has fiercely set out to ensure that she invests in work that also results in positive social impact. Her ability to think outside of the box is reshaping how creatives intersect with business and is reimagining what it means to have an agency thrive, on-purpose. Based in Philadelphia since 2018, Ashlee has brought both her Midwest values and her family to the City of Brotherly Love, and continues to be driven by not just what is created, but by who it’s created for, from idea to implementation. In addition to the awards won for Helm Creative Studio, Ashlee has received a 2022 Stevie Award for Women in Business as Woman of the Year: Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations, of which she shared the category with women from companies around the world. Ashlee has worked with clients including Comcast, Live Nation, Robert Irvine’s Fit Crunch, Robert Irvine Foundation, Four Seasons, Philadelphia Ballet, BLOCS (Business Leaders Organized for Catholic Schools), Central Association of the Miraculous Medal, Ferguson, Music Forward Foundation, American Red Cross, Our Community Salutes, Global Citizen Martin Luther King Day, MANNA, Back on my Feet, and Bunker Labs PHL.