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.

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…

Olanike Adeyamo

Olanike Adeyamo

Health
Nigeria

Professor Olanike Adeyemo is a COMSTECH Distinguished scholar and represents sub-Saharan Africa on the 6th Steering Committee of the World Food Security’s High-Level Panel of…

Misan Rewane

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…

Egerton Neto

Egerton Neto

Gender
Brazil

Five years ago, Egerton came out as a gay man in one of the largest Brazilian newspapers. Since that time, he has been a fierce…

Pashtana Dorani

Pashtana Dorani

Education
Afghanistan

Pashtana is a radical feminist activist. She was raised by a family of teachers, but even in her extended family in Afghanistan, she knew that…

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…

Dr. Christopher McNeil

Dr. Christopher McNeil

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Health
OK, United States

Dr. Chris McNeil, Founder of Youth Medical Mentorship, is an Emergency Medicine Physician and School Board Member who is creating pathways to medical education for BIPOC…

Dixon Chibanda

Dixon Chibanda

Health
Zimbabwe

Dixon, a trained psychiatrist, is a Wellcome researcher and DELTAS Africa awardee at the University of Zimbabwe. Dixon is also a Director of the African…

Marcia Bruno-Todd

Marcia Bruno-Todd

Social Justice - Equity
OK, United States

Marcia Bruno-Todd is a leader in Oklahoma working to support and grow new and emerging leaders and broaden involvement within communities. Her work is driven…

Mariana Assis

Mariana Assis

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Brazil

Mariana Prandini Assis is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Federal University of Goiás, in Brazil, and a co-founder of the Margarida Alves Collective…

Mujobu Moyo

Mujobu Moyo

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Tanzania

Tanzania-native, Mujobu Moyo is an independent economist. She was an International Development Research Centre (IDRC) research fellow at the Center for Global Development from 2014-2015. Her…

Jabraan Pasha

Jabraan Pasha

Health
OK, United States

Dr. Jabraan Pasha is a physician, educator and social activist. He currently serves as an associate professor of internal medicine and assistant dean of student…

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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.