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.

Lolo Ihesie

Lolo Ihesie

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Nigeria

Lolo started her own social enterprise, LoloTalks, to increase comprehensive sexuality education across Nigeria, with a special focus on people in underserved communities such as…

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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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Dr. Janel Pasley

Dr. Janel Pasley

Health
OK, United States

Dr. Janel Pasley, is a visual artist, writer, innovator, and community advocate who works to strengthen the non-profit sector and challenge existing systems to achieve equity…

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Monica Hernandez Sanchez

Monica Hernandez Sanchez

Education
TX, United States

Monica Hernandez Sanchez is a data driven strategist developing a spectrum of care for individuals, families, and communities impacted by behavioral health-related complexities. She is…

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Jensi Sartin

Jensi Sartin

Environment
Indonesia

Jensi says that his experience growing up in the rainforests of Borneo – where deforestation was already under way – prepared him for his professional…

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Junaid Nabi

Junaid Nabi

Health
India

Junaid is a physician, public health researcher, bioethicist, and a writer. As a Kashmiri, he has a unique perspective on living between nations and bringing…

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Gloria Agyare

Gloria Agyare

Education, Environment, Food Security
Ghana

Gloria Agyare is a passionate young Ghanaian environmentalist and advocate for sustainable agri-food systems. She collaborates closely with local farmers and the youth, championing eco-friendly…

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Samuel “SAS” Kargbo

Samuel “SAS” Kargbo

Health
Sierra Leone

Dr. Samuel Kargbo is the director of Health Systems, Policy, Planning and Information in the in Ministry of Health & Sanitation of Sierra Leone. His…

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James Kassaga Arinaitwe

James Kassaga Arinaitwe

Education
Uganda

At a young age, Arinaitwe lost his parents and four siblings to infectious diseases, which included HIV/AIDS in rural western Uganda. As an “AIDS orphan”…

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Ify Aniebo

Ify Aniebo

Health
Nigeria

After suffering from bouts of malaria as a child, Dr. Aniebo decided fight back by studying malaria drug resistance and its implications for vaccine work…

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Deborah Nakatudde

Deborah Nakatudde

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Uganda

Nakatudde Deborah is the founder and Executive Director of Serving Lives Under Marginalization -SLUM an organization in Uganda that provides SRHR services, HIV prevention, care…

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Camryn Smith

Camryn Smith

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education, Governance, Social Justice - Equity
NC, United States

Camryn Smith is a social justice accountability expert focusing on economic and social liberation for black and brown communities and people. Her work is informed…

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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.