Unlock your organization's potential with effective advice for executives and boards.
Subject Matter Expertise
• Succession Planning and Implementation
• Board of Directors Advising
• Executive Coaching
• Interim Executive Coaching
• Thought Partner
About Ashton Consulting
Marc Ashton
Marc served as the CEO for the Foundation for Blind Children for 17 years. Under Marc’s leadership, FBC became a nationally recognized leader in blind education and grew into the largest preschool for the blind and the largest braille library in the country.
Marc has advised dozens of executives in succession planning, leadership development, board governance and business acumen.
Marc currently serves on the Diamondback Foundation Board of Directors, the Donor Network of Arizona Board of Directors and is a former Board member of the Del E. Webb Foundation and the Foundation for Blind Children. Marc is also a Virginia G. Piper Fellow.
Leadership
Marc Ashton grew up in Phoenix, graduating from Brophy College Prep and Northern Arizona University. Marc started his career in television, but he was entrepreneurial at heart and left television for the business world, eventually starting his own business.
Marc’s world changed when he found out his new son was blind at just 3 months old. Foundation for Blind Children became a part of the Ashton family from that day forward. Marc served as a volunteer, then a board member and officer. In 2007, Marc sold his business, and he became the CEO of the Foundation for Blind Children.
Marc led blind students to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, in a swim to Alcatraz, rim to rim of the Grand Canyon, and sailing the Spanish Virgin Islands.