Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Carlos Alemán
¡HICA! Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama
CEO
Alabama
Uju Berry
NYC Health + Hospitals Domestic Violence Mental Health Initiatives & NYU Langone Medical Center
Medical Director, Domestic Violence Mental Health Initiatives
New York
Lelaine Bigelow
Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality
Executive Director
District of Columbia
Gena Boyle
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Deputy Commissioner
Kentucky
María Carla Chicuén
Miami Dade College
Executive Director of Cultural Affairs
Florida
Zeke Cohen
Baltimore City Council
City Council President
Maryland
Brad Hall
Blackfeet Community College
President
Montana
Adrian Huerta
University of Southern California
Associate Professor of Education
California
Su Jin Jez
California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy
CEO
California
Valerie Kinloch
Johnson C. Smith University
President & CEO
North Carolina
Kerry McKittrick
Harvard University Project on Workforce
Director
Massachusetts
Dené Mosier
Kansas Children's Discovery Center
President/CEO
Kansas
David Lee Newville
U.S. Federal Reserve Board
Deputy Director for the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs
District of Columbia
Monte Randall
College of the Muscogee Nation
President
Oklahoma
Emilie Rodriguez
The Bridge Directory
Founder
New York
Erin Saul
GreenLight Fund Cincinnati
Executive Director
Ohio
D’Artagnan Scorza
Racial Equity, County of Los Angeles
Executive Director
California
Vincent Smith
Division Chief of Newborn Medicine & Professor of Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Massachusetts
Kali Thorne Ladd
Children's Institute, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
Oregon
Janelle Williams
Kindred Futures
CEO & Co-Founder
Georgia
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.