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.

Nafisatu Chinery

Nafisatu Chinery

Environment
Ghana

Chinery is passionate about promoting women’s rights in African countries. In her role at AWDF, she works with women-led organizations to build their leadership and…

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…

Sathya Ragu

Sathya Ragu

Food Security
India

Sathya Raghu is the Co-founder and President at Cosmos Green & Kheyti, organizations with small farmer focus that he set up after quitting his corporate…

Pashtana Dorani

Pashtana Dorani

Education
Afghanistan

Pashtana is a radical feminist activist. She was raised by a family of teachers, but even in her extended family in Afghanistan, she knew that…

Sara Mosud

Sara Mosud


TX, United States

Sara Masoud is a former family caregiver and researcher who creates spaces for communities impacted by dementia to gather, collaborate, educate, and advocate for research…

Jenniffer Kerubo Maroa

Jenniffer Kerubo Maroa

Health
Kenya

Jenniffer spent 16 years as a HIV-1 basic science researcher. Her research broadly focused on understanding host innate and immune factors that modulate HIV-1 transmission…

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…

Kapil Mohabir

Kapil Mohabir

Food Security
Guyana

Kapil has wanted to help smallholder farmers since he was a small boy. When his family was forced to abandon their first home along the…

Chiwoza Bandawe

Chiwoza Bandawe

Health
Malawi

Chiwoza is the only clinical psychologist in Malawi and works tirelessly to dispel myths about mental illnesses. Chiwoza was convinced he would be a lawyer…

Dorian Burton

Dorian Burton

Social Justice - Equity
NC, United States

Dr. Dorian Burton is a husband, father, and faith-driven investor with nearly two decades of experience in social and impact investing. Growing up in Rialto,…

Margaret Nigba

Margaret Nigba

Gender, Governance
Liberia

Margaret is founder and executive director of Her Voice Liberia, which provides legal services and access to justice for marginalized and vulnerable women and girls…

Myshkin Ingawale

Myshkin Ingawale

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
India

Myshkin co-founded Biosense, an internationally recognized med-tech company designing and building innovative, disruptive healthcare technologies. Notably, ToucHb, a needle-free blood hemoglobin testing device, and uChek,…

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