Community

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

Maji Hailemariam

Maji Hailemariam

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Ethiopia

Maji Hailemariam Debena is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology in the College of Human Medicine. Her research interests…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Buyung Hadi

Buyung Hadi

Food Security
Indonesia

Buyung, an Indonesian entomologist, is currently serving as the country representative for the International Rice Research Institute in Cambodia, a position he says gives him…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Shadia Elshiwy

Shadia Elshiwy

Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Egypt

Shadia is a physician and public health expert focusing on sexual and reproductive health and preventing gender-based violence in the Middle East and North Africa….

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Mmaki Jantjies

Mmaki Jantjies

Education
South Africa

Mmaki conducts education technology research focused on increasing STEM education across the African continent through mobile technology. As one of the first black, female South…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Mpopo Tsoele

Mpopo Tsoele

Governance, Health
Lesotho

Mpopo Tsoele is a practitioner of Community Driven Development who specialises in decentralisation and decentralised services, including health services decentralisation. Tsoele works for Pitsong Institute…

Impact West Africa Logo
Camryn Smith

Camryn Smith

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education, Governance, Social Justice - Equity
NC, United States

Camryn Smith is a social justice accountability expert focusing on economic and social liberation for black and brown communities and people. Her work is informed…

Healthy Communities Fellowship Logo
Brian Atuhaire

Brian Atuhaire

Health
Uganda

Brian is a passionate advocate for health equity, with a particular focus on promoting policies that safeguard the health of women and children. With nearly…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Masego Madzwamuse

Masego Madzwamuse

Environment, Governance
Botswana

Over the course of Masego’s career, she has worked on the rights of communities in conservation and has supported social movements advocating for social and…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Serufusa Sekidde

Serufusa Sekidde

Health
Uganda

Serufusa is the Director of Policy & Partnerships (AMR) at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in London. As part of the corporate government affairs team, he provides strategic…

New Voices Fellowship Logo
Emile (Potoyodi-Atom) BOBOZI

Emile (Potoyodi-Atom) BOBOZI

Health
Togo

Bobozi Potoyodi-Atom is a health systems leader in Togo, known for pioneering innovative approaches to community health and expanding access to primary healthcare for over…

Impact West Africa 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
Vincent Kalumire Cubaka

Vincent Kalumire Cubaka

Health
Rwanda

Vincent K. Cubaka is a medical doctor, health systems researcher, and educator with a wealth of experience in various healthcare capacities. Beginning his career as…

Impact West Africa 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.