Ashley Kegley-Whitehead is a strategic problem-solver, creative storyteller and radical collaborator whose work lives at the intersection of community and impact. She is the Chief Communications Officer at Infinity Water Solutions, a sustainability and technology company focused on water management in a circular economy.

Ashley is passionate about creating exceptional experiences through design, culture and innovation. She has secured more than $2.6 billion dollars of public funding through a number of integrated marketing campaigns for city, county and school district bond elections, and has ushered in innovative industries and technologies, such as ridesharing, hotel home-sharing, autonomous vehicles and now, large-scale industrial water recycling. Most recently, she spearheaded the development of the nation’s first blue financing framework, a groundbreaking capital deployment tool designed to drive investment in water reuse and conservation. Validated by Moody’s through a second-party opinion, it serves as a powerful example of how companies can leverage differentiated financing structures to catalyze pioneering projects

As the former co-founder and creative director of an award-winning marketing and communications agency, Ashley has spent more than a decade leading campaigns, building teams and growing a business. With an emphasis on placemaking, infrastructure and social causes, she has managed projects and people that have figuratively and literally changed the skyline and direction of one of Texas’ fastest growing cities. From Fortune 500 companies to big tech disruptors, her client list includes Google, Airbnb, Waymo, HEB, City of Austin, Waste Management, Texas Gas, Balcones Recycling, Kendra Scott, Lyft, and the Austin Independent School District, to name a few.

Ashley is a published author and an early-childhood education advocate. She has a deep commitment to community and channels her always-on energy through board leadership and mentorship. She sits on the board of directors of the Lea County Economic Development Corporation, University of Texas Permian Basins’ Water in Energy Conference, Downtown Austin Alliance and led Open Door Preschool’s latest $1.6M raise. She is the past-president of Hill Country Conservancy having dedicated 10+ years to water conservation and land preservation, and is a graduate of both Leadership Austin’s Essential and Emerge programs, as well as the Real Estate Council of Austin’s Leadership Development Program. Ashley lives in East Austin with her husband Sean and hopes to extend her love of good food and the great outdoors to their beautiful daughters Ava and Landry. 

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