Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Mary Alice Cohen
Colorado Department of Early Childhood
Deputy Executive Director
Colorado
Zeke Cohen
Baltimore City Council
City Council President
Maryland
Janeen Comenote
National Urban Indian Family Coalition
Executive Director
Washington
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
Barbara DiGangi
University Settlement
Director of Community Wellness Initiatives
New York
Twylla Dillion
HealthConnect One
Executive Director
New York
Matthew Dodson
Axis Health Systems
Senior Director of Integrated Care
Colorado
Steven Dow
CAP Tulsa
Founder and Special Advisor
Oklahoma
Wendy Ellis
Center for Community Resilience, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University
Assistant Professor, Center Director
District of Columbia
Dara Eskridge
Invest STL
Executive Director
Missouri
Elizabeth Everett
First Five Nebraska
Deputy Director and Public Policy Manager
Nebraska
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.