Follow @SarahCHaight Above, participants at the Summit discuss public-private partnerships in rural America A few months after his January 1964 State of the Union speech, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood on the front steps of a home in East Appalachia, Kentucky and declared a “war on poverty” in the United States.  The site was strategic

Follow @MekaeliaD   Above, Ascend Fellows share their leadership values   Last month, I spent three days with a diverse group of leaders at the final Forum of the Ascend Fellowship. Reflecting on my experience working with twenty remarkable individuals, I was faced with a bittersweet realization that the inaugural Ascend Fellowship had suddenly come

Follow @NickyGoren The 2013 Washington Area Women's Foundation Visionary Award Honorees from left to right: Anne Mosle, Marion Ballard, Sharon Williams and Rick Ballard Donna Callejon is a former board member and current Leadership Council co-chair of the Washington Area Women's Foundation. Nicky Goren is the current president of the Washington Area Women's Foundation. Aspen Institute Ascend Executive Director Anne Mosle has influenced