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Taylor Receives MAFF Credential

September 7, 2022

Jackson Thornton is pleased to announce that Ashley Taylor has successfully completed the rigorous certification process with the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts® (NACVA®) to earn the Master Analyst in Financial Forensics® (MAFF®) credential.

Taylor, a senior manager and Director of Recruiting, has worked in the firm’s Business Valuation and Litigation Consulting group since 2009. “The Master Analyst in Financial Forensics credential is designed to provide assurance to the business and legal communities – the primary users of financial forensic consulting services – that the designee possesses a level of experience and knowledge deemed acceptable by the Association to provide competent and professional financial litigation support services,” stated NACVA’s Chief Executive Officer, Parnell Black, MBA, CPA, CVA. “The designation is an indication to the professional community that Taylor has met the Association’s rigorous standards of professionalism, expertise, objectivity, and integrity in the financial litigation consulting disciplines.”

Taylor received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Master of Business Administration from Auburn University Montgomery. She is a graduate of the Emerge Montgomery Torchbearers Leadership Class IV and the Leadership Montgomery Legacy Class XXXVII. She served on the inaugural Junior Executive Board for Child Protect Children’s Advocacy Center, is a past president of Jackson Thornton Young Professionals, and a past president of Emerge Montgomery. She currently serves on the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Council, the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s Talent Recruitment Initiative Committee, and board of directors of the Kiwanis Club of Montgomery. Taylor was named as Emerge Montgomery’s 2015 Young Professional of the Year and Auburn University Montgomery’s College of Business 2017 Outstanding Young Alumni.