Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
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
John Farnam
Buell Foundation
Director of Strategic Grantmaking
Colorado
Verónica Figoli
Accion Opportunity Fund
On Sabbatical
Colorado
Susan Gale Perry
Child Care Aware of America
CEO
Virginia
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock
US Senate
United States Senator
Georgia
Ciara Garcia
Social Venture Partners International
President and CEO
Arizona
Craig Garfield
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/ Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics and of Medical Social Sciences
Illinois
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.