Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Madeleine Thakur
The Children's Movement of Florida
President & CEO
Florida
Kali Thorne Ladd
Children's Institute, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
Oregon
Jessica Saniguq Ullrich
Washington State University
Assistant Professor
Washington
Ebony Underwood
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Founder/CEO
New York
Lorelei Vargas
LAV Consulting
Executive Consultant
New York
Stephanie Villafuerte
Child Protection Ombudsman of Colorado
Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman
Colorado
Shannon Wanless
University of Pittsburgh
Director, University Center for Social & Urban Research & Associate Professor
Pennsylvania
Scott Wasserman
Thinking Forward, LLC
Principal
Colorado
Dr. Sarah Watamura
University of Denver, Department of Psychology
Professor
Colorado
Joe Waters
Capita
Co-Founder and CEO
South Carolina
Cary Waubanascum
University of North Dakota
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Health
Wisconsin
Atiya Weiss
Burke Foundation
Executive Director
New Jersey
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.