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.

Walter Ochieng

Walter Ochieng

Health
Kenya

Walter is a surgeon and public health economist who currently works with the CDC’s Center for Global Health. While in Kenya, he spearheaded a program…

Jacques Sebisaho

Jacques Sebisaho

Health
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire)

Jacques Sebisaho, MD,  is from one of the remotest places in Africa:  Idjwi island in Lake Kivu between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda….

Clare Byarugaba

Clare Byarugaba

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Uganda

Clare is one of the only five LGBTI rights advocates in Uganda. Under her portfolio as the Equality and Non-Discrimination program at Chapter Four Uganda,…

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….

Anick Dupuy

Anick Dupuy

Health
Haiti

Dupuy grew up in Haiti as daughter of a sociologist who often told his children “The life that we have is not the life of…

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…

Adaeze Oreh

Adaeze Oreh

Health
Nigeria

As a young medical doctor and new mother, Adaeze’s world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a type of blood…

Alana Peterson

Alana Peterson

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
AR, United States

Alana Peterson, Executive Director of Spruce Root, is an entrepreneur and non-profit leader whose lived experience brings together indigenous values with Western economic systems to build towards…

Muhammad Sabir

Muhammad Sabir

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education
Pakistan

Muhammad was born in the slums of Lahore and expected never to go to school or make a meaningful life for himself, but collecting trash…

Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

Food Security
NC, United States

Courtney Smith is a daughter of Durham and of community organizers. She is a chef, an activist, and a storyteller who is deeply connected to…

Rasha Jarhum

Rasha Jarhum

Governance
Yemen

Ms. Rasha Jarhum is co-founder and Director of the Peace Track Initiative. She was appointed as a member of the National Consultations and Reconciliation Commission…

Jabraan Pasha

Jabraan Pasha

Health
OK, United States

Dr. Jabraan Pasha is a physician, educator and social activist. He currently serves as an associate professor of internal medicine and assistant dean of student…

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The Aspen Global Innovators Group supports 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.