As a faithful servant leader, Ashley Rae (Klinger) lives a life devoted to serving God’s people, rather than being served by them. As a passionate matriarch to her family, she’s a supportive wife to her husband, Andrew, a grateful and loving mom to their four adopted children, and a humble advocate for children and families around the world.
A philanthropist at heart, Ashley Rae is an active community member, giving back where God calls her to serve. As a 2008 cancer survivor, she founded the Cope Well Foundation® to serve the needs of the cancer community which she represented as Mrs. North Dakota International 2016. In 2019, amid their journey with infertility, adoption, and foster care, Ashley Rae cofounded - with Andrew, the BE A FOSTER Movement® to serve the needs of the foster community. She proudly represented this initiative as Mrs. International 2020. In addition to their involvement with the in/fertility, adoption, and foster care communities, Ashley Rae and her family enjoy promoting a variety of community organizations, especially those that support military veterans.
Born with the spirit of an entrepreneur, Ashley Rae is the founder and owner of It's Her Brand Enterprises®, a lifestyle empowerment and development business where she strives to help young ladies and women live purposeful, intentional, engaged, and faith-filled lives. She has 21 years of marketing, branding, media, and writing experience, 18 years of business development experience, 12 years of nonprofit development and professional speaking experience, 10 years of personal and professional coaching experience, 5 years of platform development and pageant coaching experience as the founder of Be International Pageant Coaching®, and 5 years of publishing and editing experience as the founder of It’s Her Brand Magazine® and I’m International Magazine®. Her vast array of experience has equipped her with the ability to understand how to develop meaningful messages and life-changing platforms while appropriately and effectively sharing and promoting those messages and platforms with audiences around the world.
Among many other personal and professional achievements and recognitions, Ashley Rae was most recently selected as the American Mothers, Inc. 2021 North Dakota Mother of the Year (www.AmericanMothers.org) and as a Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s 2020 Angels in Adoption Honoree (www.CCAInstitute.org).
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Originally from North Dakota, Ashley Rae and her family moved to Daytona Beach, Florida in 2022 where they currently reside with their two puppies, Bella and Barklee.