2012 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Wes Moore
State of Maryland
Governor of Maryland
Maryland
Vivian Nixon
Columbia Justice Lab Square One Project
Writer in Residence
New York
Eduardo Padron
Miami Dade College
President Emeritus
Florida
Gloria Perez
Women's Foundation of Minnesota
President and CEO
Minnesota
Mario Small
Department of Sociology at Columbia University
Quetelet Professor of Social Science
Massachusetts
Henry Wilde
Acelero Learning, Inc.
Co-Founder & CEO
Wisconsin
Dr. Richard E. Wylie
In Memoriam
Massachusetts
Steve Liss
Boston Filmworks
Executive Director
Massachusetts
Ascend Fellows are a community of values-driven leaders who share an unwavering commitment to our shared goal of intergenerational family prosperity and well-being.