By Presley Price

Vice President, Communications

Association of the U.S. Army

Three Huntsville-based young professionals attended the recent AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition as part of the AUSA Young Professionals Forum. Presley Price, Annie Davis and Chase King were among 50 young professionals across the globe selected to participate in the three-day forum and attend the exposition. 

Organized by AUSA’s Center for Leadership, the forum featured talks from Army leaders and civilian subject-matter experts and small-group discussions. Workshops focused on developing and understanding an individual’s unique leadership style based on the values and experiences that shaped them, the importance of long-range planning and how the decisions made each day create the future, and proactively building resiliency to better lead in times of struggle. 

Presley, Annie and Chase also participated in the Inspiration to Lead exercise, a 5 a.m. walk around the National Mall. Watching the sunrise over the Washington Monument, they heard from key leaders stationed at each memorial and took away lessons in history and leadership that will leave a lasting impact. Learn more about Presley, Annie anc Chase below. 

Presley Price is a public relations representative with Northrop Grumman Space Systems and vice president of communications for the Redstone-Huntsville chapter of the Association of the U.S. Army. She has an extensive background in public relations, strategic marketing and social media through her experience in agency, defense industry and nonprofit work. Presley is passionate about building and executing communications campaigns, translating complex subjects into compelling content, and cultivating relationships with stakeholders. When she isn’t working or volunteering, she enjoys traveling, listening to live music and spending time with her family and two pups. 

Annie Davis directs the programmatic functions of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber’s workforce programs focused on attracting, retaining, and training talent in the Huntsville area. As the Director of Talent Initiatives, she works closely with industry and community partners to help ensure the region has the quantity and quality of talent to meet employer needs and support sustained growth. Annie is a Huntsville native and Auburn alumna who moved back to the Rocket City in 2021. When she’s not talking all things workforce and economic development, she enjoys being outside with her hound mix, Oakley, and watching Braves Baseball and anything related to Auburn Athletics. 

Chase King is the director of capture management at All in solutions. Chase has over 10 years of experience in business development within the government sector. He has extensive experience in sales as well as recruiting technical engineers around North Alabama. He has lived the majority of his life in or around Huntsville. Chase is married to his wonderful wife and has 3 beautiful daughters.