{"id":86999,"date":"2019-04-05T21:27:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T01:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=86999"},"modified":"2019-04-05T21:36:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T01:36:23","slug":"ashley-russo-to-receive-girl-scouts-of-eastern-pa-take-the-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=86999","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Russo to Receive Girl Scouts of Eastern PA Take the Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The organization will honor the executive producer and president of ASR Media Productions with their annual award.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HELLERTOWN, PA &#8211; April 5, 2019<\/strong> &#8211; Ashley Russo, three-time Emmy\u00ae winning executive producer and president of ASR Media Productions, has been named one of Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP) <strong>Take the Lead<\/strong> award recipients. This girl-led annual ceremony highlights GSEP\u2019s mission to build girls of courage, confidence and character and honors distinguished women from the community whose work and achievements exemplify these values. Unique to GSEP, <strong>Take the Lead<\/strong> enables scouts and honorees to forge long-lasting mentoring relationships designed to teach girls the skills they\u2019ll need to become the leaders of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly honored to be recognized by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania,\u201d Russo says. \u201cI love and appreciate the work that GSEP does with young women in our community and look forward to mentoring a scout and helping her on her journey to adulthood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As president and owner of ASR Media Productions, Russo leads an award-winning team of videographers, producers and editors. The group is the creative force behind The PEAK TV, St. Luke\u2019s Health<em>Now<\/em>, and most recently, Unscripted with Russo, a topical podcast featuring compelling interviews with influential leaders from around the Lehigh Valley. Since 2012, ASR Media has specialized in video and television production, creative direction and writing, commercial concept and development, event recaps, and media training. The Emmy\u00ae award-winning team has worked with many of the largest and most respected companies and organizations in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other 2019 honorees include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Susan Drabic<\/strong>, President &amp; CEO of Morningstar Senior Living<\/p>\n<p><strong>Councilwoman Olga Negron<\/strong>, Community Liaison at HSGK Law Firm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cecelia Connelly-Weida<\/strong>, Ph.D., Dean of School of Business, Education, Legal and Social Services at Lehigh Carbon Community College<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will take place in Bethlehem at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Ashley Russo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ashley Russo, president of ASR Media Productions, is a three-time Emmy\u00ae award-winning executive producer and host of The PEAK TV and St. Luke\u2019s Health<em>Now<\/em>. A twenty-year media veteran, Ashley graduated from the New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She is also creator and host of a weekly podcast, <em>Unscripted with Russo<\/em>. Deeply committed to her community, Ashley serves on the boards of United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and Wildlands Conservancy. She is also an active committee member, supporting Lehigh Valley Food and Wine Festival, Mercy School for Special Learning and Equi-librium to name just a few. She regularly donates her time and talent as an emcee and auctioneer for numerous events across the region. The recipient of several leadership awards, Ashley was most recently honored with Girl Scouts of Eastern PA\u2019s Take the Lead award and United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley\u2019s Community Builder award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About ASR Media Productions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ASR Media Productions, creators of meaningful media such as Emmy\u00ae award winning <em>The PEAK TV<\/em>, Lehigh Valley&#8217;s premier lifestyle program airing locally on WFMZ &#8211; Channel 69 and nationally on DrTV. ASR Media Productions specializes in video and television production services, creative direction and writing, documentary storytelling, commercial concept and development, event recaps, and media training as well as marketing and social media placement that complement and enhance a company&#8217;s existing efforts. ASR Media assists in the development of effective strategies for creating relationships between businesses and their key audiences. \u00a0Each customized project is designed to meet our client&#8217;s immediate and long-term goals. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asrmediaproductions.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.asrmediaproductions.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1554593211715000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGx18VW3rT0PnWAr6hY7_Tt8qISZQ\">www.asrmediaproductions.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nTina Hasselbusch<br \/>\nwww.socialTmarketing.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Ashley-Russo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}