Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Keesa Smith
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
Executive Director
Arkansas
Mary Anne Snyder
Colorado
Demetrius Starling
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Senior Deputy Director
Michigan
Dr. Darius Tandon
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Community Health; Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences
Illinois
Maria Tarajano Rodman
Valley Settlement
Executive Director
Colorado
Greg Taylor
National Basketball Association Foundation
Former Executive Director
New York
Cheryl Ternes
Arapahoe County Department Human Services
Director
Colorado
Madeleine Thakur
The Children's Movement of Florida
President & CEO
Florida
Jessica Saniguq Ullrich
Washington State University
Assistant Professor
Washington
Ebony Underwood
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Founder/CEO
New York
Lorelei Vargas
Trinity Church Wall Street
Chief Community Impact Officer
New York
Stephanie Villafuerte
Child Protection Ombudsman of Colorado
Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman
Colorado
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.