Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Leseliey Welch
Birth Detroit and Birth Center Equity
Co-Founder
Michigan
Jennifer Wells
Community Change
Director of Economic Justice
Alabama
Chelsea Wesner
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado
Research Scientist
South Dakota
Sherece West-Scantlebury
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
President and CEO
Arkansas
Roxane White
Strategy with Rox
Founder and CEO
Colorado
Henry Wilde
Acelero Learning, Inc.
Co-Founder & CEO
Wisconsin
Daniel Williams
Steelcase Foundation
President and CEO
Michigan
Janelle Williams
Kindred Futures
CEO & Co-Founder
Georgia
Daria Willis
Howard Community College
President
Maryland
Katharine Winograd
Economic FORUM of Albuquerque
Executive Director
New Mexico
Dr. Richard E. Wylie
In Memoriam
Massachusetts
Layla Zaidane
Future Caucus
President & Chief Executive Officer
District of Columbia
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.