Folake Kio-Olayinka
Health Nigeria
Dr. Folake Kio-Olayinka is a Senior Technical Immunization Officer at the John Snow Inc. Immunization Center. She has extensive experience with polio from her time…
Mohamed Aburawi
Health Libya
Mohamed is a Libyan doctor working to address systemic healthcare shortcomings in low resource settings. In 2011, when the Libyan Civil War broke out in…
Laura Bellis
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights OK, United States
Laura Bellis is a community health access strategist and organizer who focuses on breaking down social and political resource barriers. As the Executive Director of the…
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…
Chauntel Norris
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights AL, United States
Chauntel Norris is a DONA trained birth doula, Lamaze trained childbirth educator and a Certified Lactation Counselor. She serves as the Manager of Advocacy, Forward…
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…
James Kassaga Arinaitwe
Education Uganda
At a young age, Arinaitwe lost his parents and four siblings to infectious diseases, which included HIV/AIDS in rural western Uganda. As an “AIDS orphan”…
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…
Jerry Blassigname
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship SC, United States
Jerry Blassingame is founder and CEO of Soteria Community Development Corporation in Greenville, SC, where he trains previously incarcerated individuals during their reentry process. After dropping out…
Huguette Diakabana
Health Congo, Republic of
Huguette Diakabana is a global health practitioner focused on connecting people to life-saving technologies. She has deployed technology-based solutions in over 20 countries throughout Africa….
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….
Bester Mulauzi
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Malawi
At Save the Children, Mulauzi manages a team of 11 senior expatriate staff in one of the most challenging contexts in the world. He is…
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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.