Community

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

Garba Abdu

Garba Abdu

Health
Nigeria

Garba Abdu has decades of experience working on public health in Nigeria. He is currently the director of Vaccines and Government Relations at Clinton Health Access…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Laura Bellis

Laura Bellis

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
OK, United States

Laura Bellis is an organizer and community health access strategist who focuses on breaking down social and political resource barriers. Laura is currently serving as…

Healthy Communities Fellowship Logo
Primah Kwagala

Primah Kwagala

Governance, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Uganda

Primah Kwagala is a Ugandan human rights lawyer and CEO of the Women’s Probono Initiative, advocating for women’s access to health, emergency obstetric care, free…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Ariong Moses

Ariong Moses

Education
Uganda

Having studied in the rural schools of Eastern and Northern Uganda, Moses narrowly missed being abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in 2000…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Denise Smith

Denise Smith

Health
CT, United States

Denise Octavia Smith, MBA, CHW, PN a woman of African descent, Community Health Worker, and survivor of a rare chronic disease is the founding Executive…

Healthy Communities Fellowship Logo
Junaid Nabi

Junaid Nabi

Health
India

Dr. Junaid Nabi is an award-winning physician-scientist and dedicated healthcare strategy professional passionate about designing innovative solutions for problems that impede access to high-quality care….

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Sathya Ragu

Sathya Ragu

Food Security
India

As the co-founder of Soul Forest, Kheyti (an Earthshot Prize winner), and CosmosGreen, Sathya Raghu V Mokkapati’s work is dedicated to advancing nature-based solutions at…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Narayan Adhikari

Narayan Adhikari

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Nepal

Narayan studied forestry in his home country of Nepal, but rejected a post as a forest ranger when he realized this would enmesh him in…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Mujobu Moyo

Mujobu Moyo

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Tanzania

Mujobu Moyo was an IDRC research fellow at the Center for Global Development. Her research focuses on how to manage natural resource windfalls in developing…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Edward Mabaya

Edward Mabaya

Food Security
Zimbabwe

Dr. Ed Mabaya is a scholar and a development practitioner with more than two decades of experience working on development, agribusiness value chains and food…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Monique Antoinette Smith

Monique Antoinette Smith

Health
GA, United States

Dr Monique Smith is a builder and a translator, opening new doors for communities that have experienced healthcare without dignity. As an Emergency Physician and…

Healthy Communities Fellowship Logo
Cassia Herron

Cassia Herron


KY, United States

Cassia Herron is a visionary, bold leader, policy advocate and entrepreneur based in Kentucky who coaches local innovators to maximize their potential to help transform…

Healthy Communities Fellowship Logo

Nominate a Fellow

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.