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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.

Tlaleng Mofokeng

Tlaleng Mofokeng

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
South Africa

Tlaleng Mofokeng is a South African physician and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, campaigning for universal health access, HIV care, and…

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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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Brenda Moore

Brenda Moore

Education
Liberia

Brenda’s road to activism began with a simple realization: there are no public libraries in Liberia. During the 2014 Ebola outbreak, Brenda began teaching her…

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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…

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Damōn Chaplin

Damōn Chaplin

Governance
MN, United States

Damōn Chaplin currently serves as the Commissioner of the Minneapolis Health Department. Commissioner Chaplin manages a multi-discipline staff, operating multiple public health division’s responsible for…

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Walter Ochieng

Walter Ochieng

Health
Kenya

Walter O. Ochieng is a physician and global health researcher at the Africa Institute for Health Policy. While in Kenya, he spearheaded a program to…

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Maulik Sisodia

Maulik Sisodia

Environment
India

“If you work for water, you are working for every dimension of development,” says Maulik Sisodia, the executive director of Tarun Bharat Sangh, a water-focused…

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Kassahun Bilcha

Kassahun Bilcha

Health
Ethiopia

Dr. Kassahun Bilcha is an internationally renowed board-certified dermatologist with years of experience in treating skin diseases, teaching, and mentoring. He completed both his internship…

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Jennie Joseph

Jennie Joseph

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
FL, United States

Jennie Joseph is a well respected health advocate for women and newborn babies. A British-trained midwife, Jennie has become one of the world’s most respected…

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Job Tiguem Poudiougo

Job Tiguem Poudiougo

Social Justice - Equity
Mali

Expert en protection humanitaire, en développement communautaire et en entrepreneuriat social, Tiguem Poudiougo est responsable de la protection pour Oxfam à Mopti et se consacre…

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Koumba Anouma

Koumba Anouma

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education
Ivory Coast (Cote D`Ivoire)

Koumba Anouma est une femme africaine engagée pour promouvoir l’accès au financement des femmes entrepreneures africaines, ainsi que pour leur autonomisation. Passionnée par l’éducation financière…

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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.