{"id":3442,"date":"2026-10-08T08:49:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=3442"},"modified":"2026-10-08T08:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:49:48","slug":"leading-with-purpose-lessons-from-our-healthy-communities-fellows","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/stories\/leading-with-purpose-lessons-from-our-healthy-communities-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading with Purpose: Lessons from our Healthy Communities Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership does not always begin with a title. Often, it begins when someone recognizes what their community needs and chooses to act.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of The Roots of Well-Being from <a class=\"VxuewwBPSwEqNEVpgXzzaLWMLhjKpcEMFYsjBv \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/methodist-healthcare-ministries\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.<\/a>, Healthy Communities Fellowship senior fellow <a id=\"ember283\" class=\"ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephenlucke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Lucke<\/a>, <a id=\"ember284\" class=\"ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brandi-coleman-94a6bb9a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandi Coleman<\/a>, and <a id=\"ember285\" class=\"ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexbailey012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Bailey<\/a>y reflect on the experiences that shaped their leadership and strengthened their commitment to their communities.<\/p>\n<p>Their stories highlight the power of investing in local leaders and community-driven change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3443,"template":"","publication_category":[83],"publication_theme":[80,76,71],"class_list":["post-3442","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","featured-featured","featured-featured-bottom","publication_category-podcast","publication_theme-community-building","publication_theme-community-development","publication_theme-leadership"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/3442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_category?post=3442"},{"taxonomy":"publication_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_theme?post=3442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}