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.

Sam Agbo

Sam Agbo

Health
Nigeria

Dr. Agbo has been on the front lines in the fight against Polio for over 30 years. He has experience in countries around the globe,…

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Fenny Louise Taylor-Diggs

Fenny Louise Taylor-Diggs

Gender, Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Liberia

Fenny Louise Taylor-Diggs is a social entrepreneur and reproductive health specialist specializing in menstrual health and gender equity. As the founder of a Urmonae Health…

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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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Alana Peterson

Alana Peterson

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
AR, United States

Alana Peterson, Executive Director of Spruce Root, is an entrepreneur and non-profit leader whose lived experience brings together indigenous values with Western economic systems to build towards…

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Lachelle King

Lachelle King

Health
OK, United States

Lachelle King is a storyteller, researcher, and autist. After being diagnosed at an adult age, she became an advocate for improving health outcomes for other…

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Chrystelle Wedi

Chrystelle Wedi

Health
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire)

Dr. Wedi was born in the DRC and moved to South Africa when she was 7 years old. She is a medical doctor and Rhodes…

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Eneli Trinity Mhango

Eneli Trinity Mhango

Health
Malawi

Eneli Trinity Mhango works with Partners In Health-Malawi as an Emergency and Critical Care Technical Advisor and is seconded to the Ministry of Health headquarters…

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Ifeanyi Nsofor

Ifeanyi Nsofor

Health
Nigeria

Dr. Ifeanyi McWilliams Nsofor is a graduate of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Medical School. He is a Senior New…

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Clare Byarugaba

Clare Byarugaba

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Uganda

Clare is one of the only five LGBTI rights advocates in Uganda. Under her portfolio as the Equality and Non-Discrimination program at Chapter Four Uganda,…

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Edinah Masiyiwa

Edinah Masiyiwa

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Zimbabwe

Edinah directs an NGO that promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights in Zimbabwe. “My passion for women’s rights and gender equality is derived from…

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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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Alice Ruhweza

Alice Ruhweza

Environment
Uganda

Alice is the Africa Regional Director of the World Wildlife Fund where she is helping to achieve impact across Africa in alignment with WWF’s global…

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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.