Ashley Goeken is a third-generation entrepreneur, technologist, public speaker, and voice in the global Smart City revolution. Passionately driven by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, she co-founded Opalus to design unique solutions for the sustainable cities of tomorrow with the citizen at the heart of it all. 

Ashley serves on the advisory board for the Center for Applied Values & Ethics in Advancing Technologies at the University of California Santa Cruz. She is a mentor for Absolute Sum, which establishes incubators with university partners around the globe. In addition, she is on the board of Lam Lynti an eco resort that is launching in northeastern India later this year that will be a showcase of sustainability, regenerative agriculture, youth entrepreneurship, and circular community impact.