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.

Rubayat Khan

Rubayat Khan

Health
Bangladesh

Rubayat Khan is a serial social entrepreneur, development practitioner and data scientist from Bangladesh specialized in the innovative use of low-cost technologies to solve important…

Adebisi Alimi

Adebisi Alimi

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Nigeria

An LGBT advocate and HIV activist, Adebisi Alimi was the first person to ever come out as gay on Nigerian television. After an attempt on…

Leah Upton

Leah Upton

Health
OK, United States

Dr. Leah Upton is a physician leader in a community clinic who builds structures for whole-person, whole-family care that encourages physical, mental, and social health….

Koumba Anouma

Koumba Anouma

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education
Ivory Coast (Cote D`Ivoire)

Koumba Anouma est une femme africaine engagée pour promouvoir l’accès au financement des femmes entrepreneures africaines, ainsi que pour leur autonomisation. Passionnée par l’éducation financière…

Wendo Aszed

Wendo Aszed

Education, Gender
Kenya

Wendo is the founder and Executive Director of Dandelion Africa, a grass-roots organization based in Mogotio, Kenya, which focuses on women’s health economic empowerment. A…

Muhammad Sabir

Muhammad Sabir

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education
Pakistan

Muhammad was born in the slums of Lahore and expected never to go to school or make a meaningful life for himself, but collecting trash…

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…

Jamila Headley

Jamila Headley

Social Justice - Equity
Barbados

Jamila is the managing director of the Health Global Access Project (or Health GAP)–an advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring global access to affordable life-sustaining medicines…

Chrystelle Wedi

Chrystelle Wedi

Health
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire)

Dr. Wedi was born in the DRC and moved to South Africa when she was 7 years old. She is a medical doctor and Rhodes…

Gloria Agyare

Gloria Agyare

Education, Environment, Food Security
Ghana

Gloria Agyare is a passionate young Ghanaian environmentalist and advocate for sustainable agri-food systems. She collaborates closely with local farmers and the youth, championing eco-friendly…

Kennedy Odede

Kennedy Odede

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Kenya

Kennedy is one of Africa’s best- known community organizers and social entrepreneurs. For twenty-three years Kennedy lived in the Kibera Slum, the largest slum in…

Ify Aniebo

Ify Aniebo

Health
Nigeria

After suffering from bouts of malaria as a child, Dr. Aniebo decided fight back by studying malaria drug resistance and its implications for vaccine work…

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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.