Ashley Gorbulja proudly served her country as an Army National Guard veteran for over eight years and continues to serve her community as a Public Affairs Specialist for the Veterans Health Administration and Founder & CEO of GuideOn Education Consulting LLC. Ashley is a consummate professional and a leading voice in supporting America's military-connected community.
Ashley is a driven, passionate, and strategic visionary that has experienced increasing organizational responsibility in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. She has dedicated her career to building nationally recognized programs, brands, and communities through strategic communications and marketing. She focuses on improving the outcomes of non-traditional students in higher education, empowering call-to-action storytelling to demystify the military-civilian divide, and improving local, state, and federal policies and programs.
Over the past seven and a half years, while working in higher education and pursuing her education, Ashley graduated debt-free with three degrees and received over $63k in scholarships! Ashley earned her Public Health from the Consortium of Eastern Ohio of Public Health, a Northeast Ohio Medical University program emphasizing concentration in military transition, family policy, and community wellness. She also holds bachelor's degrees in The Science of Education and The Science of Organizational Supervision with a minor in Psychology from The University of Akron. Ashley is currently pursuing her second Masters's in Public Leadership from the University of San Francisco.
Ashley was a 2019 top ten finalist for Ms. Veteran America, an accomplished Legionnaire helping foster University of Akron American Legion Post 808 as a Past Commander, a volunteer across multiple military spouse and family organizations; a national women veteran advocate, academic, and community liaison to a plethora of policy and issues about the veteran community.
Ashley has been featured on numerous podcasts, publications, panels and recognized for her outstanding achievements by non-profits, state, and federal organizations. Ashley is a force to be reckoned with, challenging others with the mantra: I Can. I Will. Watch Me.
Ashley Gorbulja has hosted 175 Episodes.
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Episode 180: Tango Alpha Lima: MST Series - Getting assistance with Susan Irons and Lisa Shoemaker
September 14th, 2023 | Season 4 | 50 mins 51 secs
american legion, community, gwot, military, post-9/11, service, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 179: Tango Alpha Lima: MST Series - DoD SAPRO response with Dr. Nate Galbreath and Dr. Andra Tharp
September 13th, 2023 | Season 4 | 30 mins 22 secs
american legion, assessment, catch, community, confidentiality, department of veterans affairs, dod, gwot, legal representation, military, military justice, military sexual trauma, mst, post-9/11, prevention, restricted report, sapro, serial offender, service, sexual assault, sexual harassment, special victims counsel, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 178: Tango Alpha LIma: MST Series - The LGBTQ+ community with Lindsay Church and Rebekka Eshler
September 12th, 2023 | Season 4 | 48 mins 25 secs
american legion, community, cultural competency, dadt, don’t ask, don’t tell, facility safety, gender dysphoria, gender identity, gender neutral services, gwot, lgbtq+, military, military family, military sexual trauma, mst, post-9/11, ptsd, service, smithsonian, stigma, support services, sva, tava, training, transgender, va, va benefits, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 177: Tango Alpha Lima: MST Series – Male MST survivors Ross Whitmore and Rashan Legard
September 7th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 6 mins
advocacy, american legion, assault, community, connection, dignity, gwot, healing, honor, leadership, microaggression, military, military service, military sexual trauma, moral injury, mst, poetry, post-9/11, ptsd, racism, recovery, resiliency, service, sharp training, suicide, trauma, trust, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 176: Tango Alpha Lima: MST Series - Changing culture with Andrea Goldstein and Dr. Athena Ives
September 6th, 2023 | Season 4 | 53 mins 4 secs
abuse, advocate, ally, american legion, assault, bullying, closed system, community, confidentiality, culture change, dadt, false reports, forensics, gender discrimination, gwot, hazing, military, military sexual trauma, mst, post-9/11, post-traumatic growth, prevention, resilience, self-demobilization, service, sexual harassment, sexual violence, stigma, suicide, survivors, veteran, don’t ask don’t tell
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 175: Tango Alpha Lima: MST Series - Overview with Tara Galovski, PhD and Amy Street, PhD
September 5th, 2023 | Season 4 | 46 mins 31 secs
american legion, avoidance, behavioral science, cognitive processing therapy, community, control, coping strategy, cpt, depression, disability claim, eligibility, gwot, health care, interpersonal violence, mental health, military, military service, military sexual trauma, moral injury, mst, post-9/11, ptsd, recovery, self-isolation, service, service-connection, sexual assault, sexual harassment, therapy, trauma, va, va claims appeal, va healthcare, va mission, veteran, women’s health
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 167: Tango Alpha Lima: HireMilitary founder and CEO Michael Quinn
July 11th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 15 mins
american legion, be the one, c-suite, career, community, dod skillbridge, employment, gwot, health, healthcare, humility, internship, job fair, job search, leadership, mental health, mentorship, military, military and veteran community, military spouse, military transition, networking, pact act, post-9/11, service, suicide prevention, toxic exposure, va claim, veteran, wellness, whole health, world war ii, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 166: Tango Alpha Lima: “Ghosts of Baghdad” author USMC Ret. Col. Eric Buer
July 4th, 2023 | Season 4 | 53 mins 6 secs
america, american legion, author, aviation, birthday, cobra, community, deployment, education benefits, fourth of july, fraud, gi bill, golden age games, gwot, health and wellness, iraq, military, movies, pickleball, post-9/11, service, student veteran, suni triangle, super cobra, tuition assistance, veteran
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 165: Tango Alpha Lima: Nixon's Secret War with Air Force Veteran Bruce Roberson
June 27th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 16 mins
aging, american legion, be the one, buddy check, bureaucracy, cambodia, canada fires, cia, coffee, community, dog handler, drones, entrepreneur, gi bill, gwot, health and wellness, heath, ho chi min trail, homelessness, hud/vash, ibm, identification, jfk, jolly green giant, k9, korean war, laos, loneliness epidemic, mcdonnell douglas, mental health, military, nixon’s secret war, north vietnam, podcast, post-9/11, presources, red tape, service, social isolation, southeast asia, student veteran, technology, thailand, transition, unhoused, va budget, veteran, vietnam war, women veterans, wwi, wwii, youth fitness
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 164: Tango Alpha Lima: Task Force Movement Vice-Chairman Dan Kunze
June 20th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 4 mins
aim high, american legion, armored division, blue-collar, boot-camp, bullying, business, career, citizenship, community, cyber-security, diversity, dystopia, economy, education, employment, fitness, gwot, humvee, inclusion, infrastructure, invest in the future, it, jobs, labor, lgbtq, logistic, military, military family, mission readiness, national security, network, otr, pandemic, physical education, post-9/11, recruiting, reverse psychology, service, supply chain, tank, task force movement, trades, trucking, veteran, white house
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 149: Tango Alpha Lima: Military Women's Memorial President Phyllis Wilson
March 7th, 2023 | Season 4 | 47 mins 56 secs
ai, american legion, arlington national cemetery, battlestar galactica, cemetery, commentary, community, community service, desegregation, education, exhibit, gen. vaught, gwot, herstory, jimmy carter, killer robots, korean war, lee mansion, military, military history, military spouse, nca, non-profit, nuclear reactor, panera, post-9/11, rbg, registry, research, revolutionary war, second service, storytelling, top chef, topical, ukraine, veteran, veterans service, vietnam war, women veterans, women’s history month, wwi, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 148: Tango Alpha Lima: HillVets Founder and CEO Justin Brown
February 28th, 2023 | Season 4 | 48 mins 50 secs
adapt, ai, american legion, bhm, black history month, capitol hill, coast guard, commentary, community, community service, company of heroes, congress, deployment, ega, family readiness group, fellowship, frg, helicopter crash, hillvets house, hiring, history, hooters, housing, improvise, italy, jobs, legislative priorities, lobbyist, lumpia, merced, military, military families, moving, natcon, navy seals, networking, non-profit, north africa, orlando, orrin hatch, overcome, pcs, post-9/11, service officer, slc, space force, sva, topical, utah, veteran, veterans service, video gaming, washington dc, wisconsin, wwii
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 145: Tango Alpha Lima: Veterans Yoga Project CEO Brianna Renner
February 7th, 2023 | Season 4 | 47 mins 48 secs
academy award, american legion, american legion auxiliary, bah, balance, breathwork, commentary, community, community service, fighter pilot, food insecurity, food pantry, food stamps, gratitude, health, korean war, merch, military, military families, mindful resilience, mindfulness, national security, navy cross, non-profit, oscar, post-9/11, san diego, silver star, top gun maverick, topical, valentine, vet center, veteran, veterans service, wellness, wic, yoga, yoga studio
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 141: Tango Alpha Lima: SVA NatCon 2023 Recap
January 10th, 2023 | Season 4 | 18 mins 9 secs
american legion, college, commentary, community, community service, conference, education, employment, gi bill, military, military transition, non-profit, post-9/11, student veteran, sva, topical, veteran, veterans service
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 140: Tango Alpha Lima: Connecticut State Trooper Kyle Kaelberer
January 3rd, 2023 | Season 4 | 55 mins 8 secs
988, afghanistan withdrawal, american legion, be the one, buddy check, commentary, community, community service, connecticut state police, de-escalation, disney plus, empathy, green beret, i-84, lockheed-martin, maclaren, military, natgeo, non-profit, oscars, post-9/11, retrograde, topical, veteran, veteran suicide, veteran's crisis line, veterans service
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.
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Episode 139: Tango Alpha Lima: Retired Navy Commander and counterterrorism expert Youssef Aboul-Enein
December 20th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 9 mins
9/11, a christmas carol, al-quaeda, alaska, alaska air national guard, american legion, arabic linguist, author, bosnia, christmas, citizenship, commentary, community, community service, counter-terrorism, dia, donald rumsfeld, egypt, gulf war, hanukkah, holiday, immigration, inuipat, islam, jihad, libya, medevac, military, muslim, natcon, non-profit, north africa, nuiqsut, post-9/11, qaddafi, riyadh, santa, saudi arabia, sva, topical, toys for tots, translator, veteran, veterans service, yemen
Tango Alpha Lima is a podcast from The American Legion hosted by post-9/11 veterans. Learn more at www.legion.org/tangoalphalima.