Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Teresa Ramos
Office of Governor J.B. Pritzker
First Assistant, Deputy Governor for Education
Illinois
Richard Raya
Marin Promise Partnership
CEO
California
Natalie Renew
Home Grown
Executive Director
Pennsylvania
Tonja Rucker
National League of Cities
Director for Early Childhood Success in the Institute for Youth Education and Families
Maryland
Michelle Sarche
University of Colorado - Denver
Professor
Colorado
Aysha E. Schomburg
New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
President and CEO
New York
Kimberly Seals Allers
Irth
Founder
New York
Rinku Sen
Narrative Initiative
Executive Director
Texas
Stephanie Seng
Colorado State University
Instructor/Director
Colorado
William Serrata
El Paso Community College
President
Texas
Ann Silverberg King
Casey Family Programs
Senior Director, Systems Improvement
Utah
Mario Small
Department of Sociology at Columbia University
Quetelet Professor of Social Science
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.