Current Ascend Fellows
Pascual Maestas
Town of Taos, New Mexico
Mayor
New Mexico
Karla Maraccini
Deloitte Consulting
Government and Public Sector Professional
Colorado
Catherine Monk
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Diana Vagelos Professor of Women’s Mental Health
New York
Amanda Navarro
Convergence Partnership
Executive Director
New York
India Ornelas
Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington
Interim Chair and Professor
Washington
Cynthia Osborne
Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, Vanderbilt University
Executive Director and Professor of Early Childhood Education and Policy
Tennessee
Stephanie Parra
ALL in Education
Executive Director
Arizona
Juan Peña
CrossPurpose
Co-Founder
Colorado
Erica Phillips
National Association for Family Child Care
Executive Director
New York
Richard Raya
Marin Promise Partnership
CEO
California
Natalie Renew
Home Grown
Executive Director
Pennsylvania
Demetrius Starling
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Senior Deputy Director
Michigan
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.