Jemimah Njuki
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Gender Kenya
Jemimah is the Chief of Economic Empowerment for UN Women where she has a global policy role helping the organization promote women’s ability to secure…
Mary Mwanyika
Health Tanzania
Mary Mwanyika-Sando, MD, spearheaded improvements in maternal and child health programs in Dar es Salaam, rolling out anti-retroviral treatment in dozens of clinics as part…
Alana Peterson
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship AR, United States
Alana Peterson, Executive Director of Spruce Root, is an entrepreneur and non-profit leader whose lived experience brings together indigenous values with Western economic systems to build towards…
Roseline Orwa
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Kenya
Roseline Orwa is a Kenyan social entrepreneur focused on gender equality, and rural development. She is founder of the Rona Foundation, which supports rural widows and champions…
Meti Bekele Nega
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education Ethiopia
Meti works at the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences where she leads initiatives that strengthen evidence base to promote data –informed policy engagement on timely development…
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…
Misan Rewane
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Nigeria
Born and raised in Nigeria, Misan Rewane is no stranger to the challenges of education and social mobility in West Africa. When her parents, unable…
Phiwe Dauwa
Health South Africa
A licensed registered nurse and midwife who worked in the Neonatal Intensive care unit (NICU) after graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing obtained from…
Habtamu Yesigat
Food Security Ethiopia
Habtamu Yesigat is an agricultural development economist with extensive research experience in sub-Saharan Africa. Habtamu is currently serving as Ethiopia director of programs for Precision…
Adaora Okoli
Health Nigeria
Adaora, a medical doctor, became the face of Nigeria’s response to the 2014 West African Ebola epidemic when she was infected with the deadly virus…
Erica Plybeah
Health TN, United States
Erica Plybeah is a social justice innovator who dismantles the barriers that exist between the people who need care and the places where services exist….
Mavis Owureku – Asare
Food Security Ghana
Mavis is a food scientist and senior researcher at the Radiation Technology Centre of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission which houses the Gamma Irradiation Facility, the…
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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.