Community

We support locally-rooted, globally networked innovative leaders around the globe through our Fellowship programs and government partnerships. Explore our community database below to learn more.

Mary Mwanyika

Mary Mwanyika

Health
Tanzania

Mary Mwanyika-Sando, MD,  spearheaded improvements in maternal and child health programs in Dar es Salaam, rolling out anti-retroviral treatment in dozens of clinics as part…

Tijani Salami

Tijani Salami

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Nigeria

Tijani Salami is a physician who has spent more than a decade working on the advancement of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Nigeria…

Brian Atuhaire

Brian Atuhaire

Health
Uganda

Brian has close to ten years’ experience in public health work having started his career as a front-line community health worker helping communities devastated by…

Esther Ngumbi

Esther Ngumbi

Food Security
Kenya

Dr. Esther Ngumbi is a 2007 recipient for the highly competitive American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowship. She has been featured in the…

James Kassaga Arinaitwe

James Kassaga Arinaitwe

Education
Uganda

At a young age, Arinaitwe lost his parents and four siblings to infectious diseases, which included HIV/AIDS in rural western Uganda. As an “AIDS orphan”…

Robert Agyarkor

Robert Agyarkor

Health
Ghana

Robert is a Global Health and International Development practitioner with 25 years of experience, known for his expertise and advocacy on public health issues, poverty…

Abhilasha Karkey

Abhilasha Karkey

Health
Nepal

Abhilasha is a lead microbiologist who has worked extensively on the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). She has conducted extensive studies on the epidemiology…

Emma Robbins

Emma Robbins

Environment, Social Justice - Equity
CA, United States

Emma Robbins is a Diné artist and social justice fighter, working with her community on the Navajo Nation to secure access to safe drinking water….

Tian Johnson

Tian Johnson

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
South Africa

Tian Johnson is a queer African activist and founder of the African Alliance, a global non-profit working on a range of health rights issues. Tian…

Shuchin Bajaj

Shuchin Bajaj

Health
India

Shuchin is an Indian medical doctor who founded Ujala Cygnus Healthcare, now a chain of 16 hospitals supported by outreach village Sehat Clinics and a…

Samuel “SAS” Kargbo

Samuel “SAS” Kargbo

Health
Sierra Leone

Dr. Samuel Kargbo is the director of Health Systems, Policy, Planning and Information in the in Ministry of Health & Sanitation of Sierra Leone. His…

Nkasi Wodu

Nkasi Wodu

Governance
Nigeria

Nkasi Wodu is a lawyer who works as peacebuilding manager for the Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), one of the largest CSR investments…

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The Aspen Global Innovators Group supports two flagship fellowship programs. These fellowships enable leaders to amplify their voices, visibility and impact. Leaders bring expertise from all sectors and include entrepreneurs, community organizers and local experts who are both proximate to the greatest health and development challenges of our time and also bring lived and learned experience to their solutions.