2018 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Ariel Kalil
University of Chicago, Center for Human Potential and Public Policy
Professor and Director
Illinois
Paul LeBlanc
Human Systems
Board Chair and Co-Founder
New Hampshire
Jennifer Lee
ACHP
Chief Medical Officer
Virginia
Georgia Mjartan
Central Carolina Community Foundation
President and CEO
South Carolina
Nitzan Pelman
Climb Together
CEO & Founder
California
Lori Pfingst
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Senior Director
Washington
Michelle Sarche
Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska
Professor and Project Lead
Colorado
Lorelei Vargas
Trinity Church Wall Street
Chief Community Impact Officer
New York
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.