Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Meet the Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows, a group of extraordinary leaders who are moving ideas to action for children and families in the US.

Matthew Biel
Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Early Childhood Innovation Network (ECIN) at Georgetown University

Craig Garfield
Professor of Pediatrics and of Medical Social Sciences
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/ Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine

John Hudson III
Senior Vice President, Entergy Corporation | President, Entergy Charitable Foundation

Ariel Kalil
Professor and Director
University of Chicago, Center for Human Potential and Public Policy

Christopher King
Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer
Ray Marshall Center, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Emily Miller
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Division Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women and Infants Hospital

Dipesh Navsaria
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Aysha E. Schomburg
Associate Commissioner
Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services