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.

Metsehate Ayenekulu

Metsehate Ayenekulu

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Ethiopia

Metsehate is a public health and gender expert who leads a program that teaches teenage brides about family planning. Her interest is in adolescent and…

Juliet Otieno

Juliet Otieno

Health
Kenya

Juliet Awuor Otieno, the founder of Mwanadada CBO, Mwanadada communication digital communication consultancy, and an alumnus of the Emerging Leaders Foundation, is a Masters student of Development Communication and…

Andre Ndayambaje

Andre Ndayambaje

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Rwanda

Andre is a midwife and neonatal nurse who is passionate about ending preventable maternal and child deaths. He was drawn to midwifery after nearly losing…

Marion Subah

Marion Subah

Health
Liberia

Marion Subah, a Health System Strengthening public health professional is a registered Nurse Midwife with great passion for quality Reproductive Maternal Newborn and Child Health…

Ashli Sims

Ashli Sims

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Health
OK, United States

Ashli Sims is a storyteller who breaks down barriers and opens doors so Black entrepreneurs can build wealth for themselves, their families, and future generations….

Usman Ali Lawan

Usman Ali Lawan

Food Security
Nigeria

Growing up in the rural town of Kura in northern Nigeria, Usman says he was painfully aware of the difficulties that subsistence farmers, like his…

Harish Sadani

Harish Sadani

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
India

Harish is among India’s leading gender rights activists. A social worker by training, he has been working tirelessly for over the past 26 years to…

Abdul-Rahman Edward Koroma

Abdul-Rahman Edward Koroma

Health
Sierra Leone

Abdul-Rahman Edward Koroma is a physically challenged disability activist, advocating for the rights and social and economic inclusion of individuals with disabilities. Driven by a…

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…

Agnes Igoye

Agnes Igoye

Gender
Uganda

Displaced at 14, Agnes flee the Lord’s Resistance Army when they raided her village in search of virgins. Today she is the Regional Migration Expert…

Walter Ochieng

Walter Ochieng

Health
Kenya

Walter is a surgeon and public health economist who currently works with the CDC’s Center for Global Health. While in Kenya, he spearheaded a program…

Damaris Matoke-Muhia

Damaris Matoke-Muhia

Health
Kenya

Damaris is a molecular biology scientist working on the control of vector borne diseases. She holds a PhD in Molecular Medicine and a Masters in…

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The Aspen Global Innovators Group supports two 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.