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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.

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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Veron Blue

Veron Blue

Health
TX, United States

Veron Blue, Founder and Executive Director of Faith & Community Wellness Center, Inc., is a local pastor, mental health coach and advocate whose passion is…

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Kopano Mabaso

Kopano Mabaso

Food Security, Health
South Africa

Kopano Mabaso, born in 1985 in a township outside Pretoria, South Africa, is a writer and medical doctor known for her award-winning novels Coconut and…

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Yetnayet Asfaw Demessie

Yetnayet Asfaw Demessie

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Ethiopia

A physician by training, Asfaw has dedicated her professional and personal life to advancing the cause of girls and women for the past 18 years. …

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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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Jabraan Pasha

Jabraan Pasha

Health
OK, United States

Dr. Jabraan Pasha is an internal medicine physician, educator, and community health advocate, dedicated to the promotion of health equity. A Tulsa native and graduate…

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Boaz Keizire

Boaz Keizire

Food Security
Uganda

Boaz Blackie Keizire is a dynamic leader with 15+ years of experience orchestrating strategies to enhance food security, sustainability, and resilience. He is passionate about…

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Alice Ruhweza

Alice Ruhweza

Environment
Uganda

Alice joined WWF as Regional Director for Africa in July 2019. Her role is to develop and lead WWF in Africa so that it is…

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Thumbi Mwangi

Thumbi Mwangi

Health
Kenya

Thumbi Mwangi is an infectious disease epidemiologist combining classical epidemiology, applied epidemiological modelling and data science to improve the speed and quality of policy decision…

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Rene Sparks

Rene Sparks

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
South Africa

Rene Sparks is a public health practitioner with a foundation in nursing and Senior Atlantic Fellow at Tekano – Health Equity South Africa. She has…

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Nikia Grayson

Nikia Grayson

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
TN, United States

Dr. Nikia Grayson, DNP, MSN, MPH, MA, CNM, FNP-C (she/her/hers) is a Reproductive Justice informed public health activist, anthropologist, and family nurse-midwife who has devoted…

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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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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.