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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.

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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Ifeoma Malo

Ifeoma Malo

Environment
Nigeria

Ifeoma is the co-founder and CEO of Clean Technology Hub, which focuses on rural electrification and renewable energy. She began this work after growing disillusioned…

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Meti Bekele Nega

Meti Bekele Nega

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education
Ethiopia

Meti works at the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences where she leads initiatives that strengthen evidence base to promote data –informed policy engagement on timely development…

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Megan Cunnigham

Megan Cunnigham

Health
IL, United States

Megan Cunningham, Managing Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, brings partners together to drive policy change, access data and resources, and improve environments…

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Kwamane Liddel

Kwamane Liddel

Health
MO, United States

Kwamane Liddell, JD, MHA, BSN is a health equity visionary and business leader who has saved lives, and believes that diagnosis-based food should be as…

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Anatole Manzi

Anatole Manzi

Health
Rwanda

Anatole grew up in the hills of rural Rwanda, ensuring the family livestock stayed out of trouble. “My sense of responsibility comes from being a…

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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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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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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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Genoveva Islas

Genoveva Islas

Health
CA, United States

Genoveva works as the founder and director of the non-profit Cultiva la Salud, which works to promote health equity in the San Joaquin Valley of…

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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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Chauntel Norris

Chauntel Norris

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
AL, United States

Chauntel Norris is a DONA trained birth doula, Lamaze trained childbirth educator and a Certified Lactation Counselor. She serves as the Manager of Advocacy, Forward…

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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.