Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Adrian Huerta
University of Southern California
Associate Professor of Education
California
Laura Huerta Migus
Ascend at the Aspen Institute
Director of Fellowship Alumni Engagement and National Activation & Impact
District of Columbia
Jerreed Ivanich
Colorado School of Public Health
Assistant Professor, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health
Colorado
Priya Iyer
Our Roots
Founder & CEO
New York
William Jaeger
LOR Foundation
Strategic Initiatives Officer
Colorado
Kim Janey
Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath)
President & CEO
Massachusetts
Raychael Jensen
Ballmer Group
National Director, Early Childhood and Families
Florida
Su Jin Jez
California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy
CEO
California
Deidre Johnson
Center for African American Health
CEO & Executive Director
Colorado
Liane Jollon
Western Leaders Network
Executive Director
Colorado
Christopher Jones
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Medicaid
North Dakota
Joseph Jones
Center for Urban Families
Founder and President & CEO of the Center for Urban Families
Maryland
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.