Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Myla Calhoun
Propel Education
President and CEO
Alabama
MarÃa Carla Chicuén
Miami Dade College
Executive Director of Cultural Affairs
Florida
Karla Davis
Whole Child Strategies, Inc.
Operations/HR Director
Tennessee
Betsy Delgado
Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana
Senior Vice President and Chief Mission and Education Officer
Indiana
Brad Hall
Blackfeet Community College
President
Montana
Maria Harper-Marinick
The Aspen Institute, College Excellence Program
Senior Fellow
Arizona
Joe Hobot
American Indian OIC
President and CEO
Minnesota
Adrian Huerta
University of Southern California
Associate Professor of Education
California
Su Jin Jez
California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy
CEO
California
Kevin Jordan
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Senior Vice-President for National Programs
Ohio
Christopher King
Ray Marshall Center, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer
Texas
Valerie Kinloch
Johnson C. Smith University
President & CEO
North Carolina
Paul LeBlanc
Human Systems
Board Chair and Co-Founder
New Hampshire
Felix V. Matos Rodriguez
City University of New York College System
Chancellor
New York
Vivian Nixon
Columbia Justice Lab Square One Project
Writer in Residence
New York
Eduardo Padron
Miami Dade College
President Emeritus
Florida
Nitzan Pelman
Climb Together
CEO & Founder
California
Monte Randall
College of the Muscogee Nation
President
Oklahoma
William Serrata
El Paso Community College
President
Texas
Daria Willis
Howard Community College
President
Maryland
Katharine Winograd
Economic FORUM of Albuquerque
Executive Director
New Mexico
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.