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.

Jamila Headley

Jamila Headley

Social Justice - Equity
Barbados

Jamila Headley (she/her) has spent the past 18 years advancing health care and other social justice campaigns with movements and movement leaders on five continents….

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Erica Plybeah

Erica Plybeah

Health
TN, United States

Erica Plybeah is a social justice innovator who dismantles the barriers that exist between the people who need care and the places where services exist….

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Kopano Mabaso

Kopano Mabaso

Food Security, Health
South Africa

Kopano Mabaso, born in 1985 in a township outside Pretoria, South Africa, is a writer and medical doctor known for her award-winning novels Coconut and…

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Jamila Abass

Jamila Abass

Food Security
Kenya

Jamila Abbas is a Kenyan computer scientist, software engineer, and entrepreneur who co-founded M-Farm Kenya Limited, an online platform that connects small-scale farmers with agro-suppliers,…

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Thabani Maphosa

Thabani Maphosa

Health
Zimbabwe

Thabani is managing director of country programs at GAVI, the global vaccine alliance, where he oversees equitable distribution of vaccines distribution to some 73 to…

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Cedric Habiyaremye

Cedric Habiyaremye

Food Security
Rwanda

Cedric is known as the scientist who brought quinoa to Rwanda and other parts of Africa. Unlike most crops that provide no food before harvest,…

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Roseline Orwa

Roseline Orwa

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Kenya

Roseline Orwa is a Kenyan social entrepreneur focused on gender equality, and rural development. She is founder of the Rona Foundation, which supports rural widows and champions…

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Maria Valenzuela

Maria Valenzuela

Health
AZ, United States

Maria Avalenzuela serves as the Executive Director at Spaces of Opportunity, where she is dedicated to creating transformative programs that uplift individuals and strengthen communities….

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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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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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Maxwell Gomera

Maxwell Gomera

Environment, Governance
Zimbabwe

Prior to being appointed as Resident Representative for UNDP South Africa and Director for the UNDP Africa Sustainable Finance Hub, Maxwell Gomera served as Resident…

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Andrés Constantin

Andrés Constantin

Governance, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Argentina

Andrés Constantin is a global health lawyer and advocate from Argentina, currently working on legal and policy issues relating to health at the O’Neill Institute…

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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.