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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.

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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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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Bernard Olayo

Bernard Olayo

Health
Kenya

Dr. Bernard Olayo is a member of the GDI Africa board and a Kenyan physician and public health specialist with more than 14 years’ experience…

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Uche Udekwe

Uche Udekwe

Health
Nigeria

Uche Kenneth Udekwe is a Social Entrepreneur, SDG Advocate, Founder/CEO at NATAL CARES. He is a Public Health Administrator deeply passionate about design thinking and…

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Etta Madete

Etta Madete

Environment
Kenya

Etta Madete is a BORAQS registered Sustainable Design Architect, EDGE Expert, Aspen Senior Fellow passionate about affordable sustainable housing. She is the co-founder and director…

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Anjali Sarker

Anjali Sarker

Governance
Bangladesh

Anjali Sarker is the Senior Manager at the Oxford Character Project, where she leads a wide range of leadership and character development programmes for a…

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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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Dorothy Tuma

Dorothy Tuma

Governance
Uganda

Dorothy M. Tuma has over 20 years of experience as a brand manager in the United States and as a lead consultant and trainer in…

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Jameelah Stuckey

Jameelah Stuckey

Education
OK, United States

Jameelah Stuckey is a connector who develops frameworks that catalyze change. Who works to affirm architects of tables that sponsor leaders elevating them to the…

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Shikoh Gitau

Shikoh Gitau

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Kenya

Dr. Shikoh Gitau (born c. 1981) is a Kenyan computer scientist and is currently the CEO of Qhala, a technology company involved in Africa’s digital transformation,…

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Mmaki Jantjies

Mmaki Jantjies

Education
South Africa

Mmaki conducts education technology research focused on increasing STEM education across the African continent through mobile technology. As one of the first black, female South…

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Buyung Hadi

Buyung Hadi

Food Security
Indonesia

Buyung, an Indonesian entomologist, is currently serving as the country representative for the International Rice Research Institute in Cambodia, a position he says gives him…

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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.