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

Jerry Blassigname

Jerry Blassigname

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
SC, United States

Jerry Blassingame is the Executive Director of Soteria Community Development Corporation and Senior Pastor of Soteria Christian Fellowship. He endeavors to empower individuals and the…

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Jensi Sartin

Jensi Sartin

Environment
Indonesia

Jensi Sartin is a development professional with over 15 years of international experience in biodiversity and ecosystem management, natural resource management, and sustainable development. He…

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Celina Trowell

Celina Trowell

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
NY, United States

Celina S. Trowell, LSW is a lifelong resident of Brownsville, Brooklyn, wife, mother, and organizer at VOCAL-NY, whose passion is community service and uplift. This…

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Dr. Janel Pasley

Dr. Janel Pasley

Health
OK, United States

Dr. Janel Pasley is a connector, innovator, and movement builder who works to strengthen the non-profit sector and challenge existing systems to achieve equity in…

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Francisca Mutapi

Francisca Mutapi

Health
Zimbabwe

Francisca Mutapi is a Zimbabwean professor of global health infection and immunity, co-director of the Global Health Academy at the University of Edinburgh, and Deputy…

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Dapo Oyewole

Dapo Oyewole

Governance
Nigeria

’Dapo Oyewole is Special Adviser on Development Planning & International Affairs to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Government of the Federal Republic of…

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Monica Hernandez Sanchez

Monica Hernandez Sanchez

Education
TX, United States

Monica Hernandez Sanchez is a data driven strategist developing a spectrum of care for individuals, families, and communities impacted by behavioral health-related complexities. She is…

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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…

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Erasma Monticcolo

Erasma Monticcolo

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
NY, United States

Erasma is a native New Yorker who grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where she co-founded Power of Two in 2015. As the Executive Director, she uses science…

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Habtamu Yesigat

Habtamu Yesigat

Food Security
Ethiopia

Habtamu Yesigat is an agricultural development economist with extensive research experience in sub-Saharan Africa. Habtamu is currently serving as Ethiopia director of programs for Precision…

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Minda Dentler

Minda Dentler

Health
India

Minda was born in India and contracted polio as an infant, leaving her legs paralyzed. When she was three, Minda was adopted by an American…

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John Lazame Tindanbil

John Lazame Tindanbil

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Ghana

Mr. John Lazame TINDANBIL is a Public health practitioner with over 15 years’ work experience in clinical nursing, teaching, and program management in northern Ghana….

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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.