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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.

Alex Bailey

Alex Bailey

Environment
TX, United States

Alex Bailey, Founder of Black Outside, Inc., is an educator and third-generation outdoor enthusiast, who uses his radical imagination to re-envision outdoor programming for Black…

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Mojisola Karigidi

Mojisola Karigidi

Food Security
Nigeria

Mojisola Karigidi is an early-career scientist and lecturer in the field of biochemistry with special interest in functional foods, medicinal plants and their role in…

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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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Elmer Aluge

Elmer Aluge

Health
Nigeria

Elmer is the President of the Sickle Cell Aid Foundation in Nigeria, the country with the highest-burden of sickle cell disease in the world. Experiencing…

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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…

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Deborah Nakatudde

Deborah Nakatudde

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Uganda

Nakatudde Deborah is the founder and Executive Director of Serving Lives Under Marginalization -SLUM an organization in Uganda that provides SRHR services, HIV prevention, care…

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Robert Agyarkor

Robert Agyarkor

Health
Ghana

Robert AGYARKO leads the Outbreaks and Epidemics Programme of the African Risk Capacity and has more than 20 years of experience in development and public…

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Mokete Motlatsi Mary

Mokete Motlatsi Mary

Health
Lesotho

Mokete Motlatsi Mary currently serves as a Project Manager for the Providing Universal HIV/AIDS Services (PUSH) project in Lesotho, providing overall project management and technical…

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Mary Mwanyika

Mary Mwanyika

Health
Tanzania

Dr. Mary Mwanyika Sando is the chief executive officer of the Africa Academy for Public Health (AAPH, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). She has extensive experience…

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Muhammad Sabir

Muhammad Sabir

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education
Pakistan

Muhammad was born in the slums of Lahore and expected never to go to school or make a meaningful life for himself, but collecting trash…

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Samuel “SAS” Kargbo

Samuel “SAS” Kargbo

Health
Sierra Leone

Dr. Samuel Kargbo is a seasoned medical doctor and senior public health specialist with over 25 years of progressive experience in health policy development, public…

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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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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.