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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.

Ray Sanchez

Ray Sanchez


TX, United States

Ray Sanchez is a bereaved father, a dad who held his daughter through a fight no child should ever face, and who knows the fear…

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LaBrisa Williams

LaBrisa Williams

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
OK, United States

LaBrisa Williams is the Executive Director of the Tulsa Birth Equity Initiative, an organization whose mission is to equip families in Tulsa to have healthy…

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Mohamed Ali Diini

Mohamed Ali Diini

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education
Kenya

There is an invisible, 3.5 trillion dollar tax silently eroding performance in our workplaces, schools, and entire economies. It drives absenteeism, stifles innovation, and causes…

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Damaris Matoke-Muhia

Damaris Matoke-Muhia

Health
Kenya

Damaris is a molecular biology scientist working on the control of vector borne diseases. She holds a PhD in Molecular Medicine and a Masters in…

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Adekemi Adeniyan

Adekemi Adeniyan

Health
Nigeria

Adekemi Adeniyan is the founder and executive director of Dentalcare Foundation. She is a fellow of the Young African Leaders Initiative RLC, West Africa; an…

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Janet Midega

Janet Midega

Health
Kenya

Janet is a scientist at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program in Kilifi, Kenya and currently holds a research associate position between KWTRP and the University…

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Brenda Moore

Brenda Moore

Education
Liberia

Brenda’s road to activism began with a simple realization: there are no public libraries in Liberia. During the 2014 Ebola outbreak, Brenda began teaching her…

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Jamar Hill

Jamar Hill

Health
AR, United States

Jamar Hill, Founder of Gamers Baseball Alaska/RBI Alaska, is a former professional baseball player and current youth coach whose lived experiences empowers him to provide access…

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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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Masooma Ranalvi

Masooma Ranalvi

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
India

Masooma is an activist who leads efforts to advance the goal of ending female genital mutilation in India by working closely with members of her…

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Mojirayo Oluwatoyin Ogunlana

Mojirayo Oluwatoyin Ogunlana

Education
Nigeria

Mojirayo Oluwatoyin Ogunlana is a digital rights lawyer on a mission to establish a legal framework at national and regional levels that safeguards a free…

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Ify Aniebo

Ify Aniebo

Health
Nigeria

Growing up in Nigeria, Ify Aniebo and her childhood best friend both loved comic books. When they were 7 years old, both girls got sick…

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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.