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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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Assia Sidibe

Assia Sidibe

Food Security
Mali

Assia heads the Francophone section of the African Risk Capacity, a ground-breaking extreme weather insurance scheme designed to help African Union members cope with the…

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Gulrez Shah Azhar

Gulrez Shah Azhar

Environment
India

Gulrez is an independent researcher passionate about health, environment, climate, and development. He along with other partners helped develop India’s first heat preparedness plan in…

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Akebe Luther King Abia

Akebe Luther King Abia

Health
Cameroon

Akebe is a true One Health leader. Akebe fell in love with environmental microbiology in school, curious about the environmental causes of human disease. Akebe…

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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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Naomi Tulay-Solanke

Naomi Tulay-Solanke

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Liberia

Naomi Tulay-Solanke is a Liberian feminist, a human right activist, a humanitarian, and the Founding Executive Director of Community Health Initiative (CHI), a local non-governmental…

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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…

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Oluseun Onigbinde

Oluseun Onigbinde

Governance
Nigeria

Oluseun Onigbinde, born on 18 September 1985 in Osogbo, Nigeria, is a Nigerian entrepreneur, open data analyst, and advocate for fiscal transparency. He is the…

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Courtney Smith

Courtney Smith

Food Security
NC, United States

Courtney Smith is a daughter of Durham and of community organizers. She is a chef, an activist, and a storyteller who is deeply connected to…

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Shameca Brown

Shameca Brown

Health
OK, United States

Shameca K. Brown is a dynamic, faith-driven public administrator and mental health activist who is dedicated to innovating systems of hope and change to create…

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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…

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Alice Ruhweza

Alice Ruhweza

Environment
Uganda

Alice joined WWF as Regional Director for Africa in July 2019. Her role is to develop and lead WWF in Africa so that it is…

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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.