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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.

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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Adaeze Oreh

Adaeze Oreh

Health
Nigeria

Dr. Adaeze Chidinma Oreh is a Nigerian family physician, public health expert, and advocate for universal health care. She currently serves as Commissioner for Health…

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Robert Hakiza

Robert Hakiza

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Congo, Republic of

Robert Hakiza is a Congolese researcher and humanitarian leader who founded Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID), a refugee-led, community-based organization in Uganda. Established…

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Maulik Sisodia

Maulik Sisodia

Environment
India

“If you work for water, you are working for every dimension of development,” says Maulik Sisodia, the executive director of Tarun Bharat Sangh, a water-focused…

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Primah Kwagala

Primah Kwagala

Governance, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Uganda

Primah Kwagala is a Ugandan human rights lawyer and CEO of the Women’s Probono Initiative, advocating for women’s access to health, emergency obstetric care, free…

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Ramadhani Noor

Ramadhani Noor

Health
Tanzania

Noor is a physician with additional training in public health and nutrition with over 15 years of experience practicing medicine, conducting public health research, and…

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Jemimah Njuki

Jemimah Njuki

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Gender
Kenya

Dr. Jemimah Njuki is the Chief of the Economic Empowerment section at UN Women. She is a recognized leader on gender equality and women’s empowerment,…

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Kassahun Bilcha

Kassahun Bilcha

Health
Ethiopia

Dr. Kassahun Bilcha is an internationally renowed board-certified dermatologist with years of experience in treating skin diseases, teaching, and mentoring. He completed both his internship…

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Ifeanyi Nsofor

Ifeanyi Nsofor

Health
Nigeria

Ifeanyi is a public health physician, project manager, behavioral science researcher and global health equity advocate. With over 140 published articles in outlets like the…

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Bowel Diop

Bowel Diop

Gender, Health
Senegal

Bowel Diop is a Senegalese specialist in social economy, with deep expertise in project financing and fundraising. Passionately committed to advancing the rights of girls…

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Mujobu Moyo

Mujobu Moyo

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Tanzania

Mujobu Moyo was an IDRC research fellow at the Center for Global Development. Her research focuses on how to manage natural resource windfalls in developing…

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Stephen Lucke

Stephen Lucke

Food Security
TX, United States

Stephen Lucke, Founder of Gardopia Gardens, is food systems expert and activist focusing on health and environmental justice who educates and empowers communities on how to…

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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.