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….
Maxwell Gomera
Environment, Governance Zimbabwe
Maxwell brings over 15 years of national and international experience in biodiversity, wildlife management and socio-economic development. He has extensive experience with natural resource management institutions in…
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…
Neo Tapela
Health Botswana
Neo is a doctor with experience in health systems strengthening and effective service delivery for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease,…
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…
Monalisa Padhee
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights India
Monalisa is a medical researcher who focuses on women’s health in rural India. She earned her PhD in Australia, studying the impact of prenatal and…
Masego Madzwamuse
Environment, Governance Botswana
Over the course of Masego’s career, she has worked on the rights of communities in conservation and has supported social movements advocating for social and…
Danjuma Adda
Health Nigeria
Danjuma is a Nigerian prince and accomplished public health expert on a mission to raise awareness about Viral Hepatitis and increase access to care. Danjuma…
Sonali Vaid
Health India
Sonali Vaid is a physician and a public health specialist. For over a decade she has focused on the application of quality improvement science to…
Denise Smith
Health CT, United States
Denise Octavia Smith, MBA, CHW, PN is the founding Executive Director of the National Association of Community Health Workers where she currently leads national advocacy…
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…
Narayan Adhikari
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Nepal
Narayan studied forestry in his home country of Nepal, but rejected a post as a forest ranger when he realized this would enmesh him 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.