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.

Nour Sharara

Nour Sharara

Health
Senegal

Nour is a third-generation Lebanese Senegalese whose interest in public health was spurred by observing customers at her mother’s pharmacy. She eventually went on to…

Mohamed Ali

Mohamed Ali

Governance
Kenya

Mohamed Ali fled Somalia’s civil war with his family, part of an exodus of refugees escaping a conflict which left the country in tatters. But…

Buyung Hadi

Buyung Hadi

Food Security
Indonesia

Buyung, an Indonesian entomologist, is currently serving as the country representative for the International Rice Research Institute in Cambodia, a position he says gives him…

Abraham Leno

Abraham Leno

Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship
Guinea

A former refugee in Guinea, Abraham watched his mother sell her jewelry when there was nothing left to trade just to feed the family. He…

Alex Bailey

Alex Bailey

Environment
TX, United States

Alex Bailey, Founder of Black Outside, Inc., is an educator and third-generation outdoor enthusiast, who uses his radical imagination to re-envision outdoor programming for Black…

Rasha Jarhum

Rasha Jarhum

Governance
Yemen

Ms. Rasha Jarhum is co-founder and Director of the Peace Track Initiative. She was appointed as a member of the National Consultations and Reconciliation Commission…

Reggie Ivey

Reggie Ivey

Health
OK, United States

Reggie Ivey is a social justice visionary for black and brown communities, with over 20 years of public health experience. He serves as a conduit…

Monique Castro

Monique Castro

Health
CA, United States

Monique Castro is a citizen of the Diné (Navajo) Nation and Xicana. She was born and raised on the ancestral homelands of the Tongva People…

Etienne BILGO

Etienne BILGO

Health
Burkina Faso

Etienne BILGO est un scientifique africain renommé et conférencier établi à l’Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé au Burkina Faso. Cet institut est…

Mugove “Gerald” Madziyire

Mugove “Gerald” Madziyire

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Zimbabwe

Gerald is an OBGYN and lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences. He “has a passion for reducing maternal mortality through improving…

Juliet Otieno

Juliet Otieno

Health
Kenya

Juliet Awuor Otieno, the founder of Mwanadada CBO, Mwanadada communication digital communication consultancy, and an alumnus of the Emerging Leaders Foundation, is a Masters student of Development Communication and…

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….

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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.