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.

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…

Erica Plybeah

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….

Aaron “AJ” Johnson

Aaron “AJ” Johnson

Food Security
OK, United States

Aaron “AJ” Johnson is the Founder and CEO of Oasis FreshMarkets, the first full-service supermarket in North Tulsa’s historically black-neighborhood — once called ‘Black Wall…

Nafisatu Chinery

Nafisatu Chinery

Environment
Ghana

Chinery is passionate about promoting women’s rights in African countries. In her role at AWDF, she works with women-led organizations to build their leadership and…

Taha Sabri

Taha Sabri

Health
Pakistan

Taha Sabri is a doctor who works in public health in Pakistan. He completed his medical studies from Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi and…

Webster Mavhu

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Zimbabwe

Dr Webster Mavhu is a Social scientist and Global Health practitioner with a PhD in Social science & Public Health from University College London UK,…

Meti Bekele Nega

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…

Cedric Habiyaremye

Cedric Habiyaremye

Food Security
Rwanda

Cedric is known as the scientist who brought quinoa to Rwanda and other parts of Africa. Unlike most crops that provide no food before harvest,…

Mary Mwanyika

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…

Mary Oxendine

Mary Oxendine

Food Security
NC, United States

Mary Oxendine is the Lumbee and Tuscarora granddaughter of rural sharecroppers and a cultivator of relationships and traditional Indigenous foodways. As a financial activist, she…

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…

Megan Cunnigham

Megan Cunnigham

Health
IL, United States

Megan Cunningham, Managing Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, brings partners together to drive policy change, access data and resources, and improve environments…

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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.