Current Ascend Fellows
Maria Tarajano Rodman
Valley Settlement
Executive Director
Colorado
Madeleine Thakur
The Children's Movement of Florida
President & CEO
Florida
Shannon Wanless
Office of Child Development, University of Pittsburgh
Executive Director & Associate Professor
Pennsylvania
Cary Waubanascum
University of North Dakota
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Health
Wisconsin
Jennifer Wells
Community Change
Director of Economic Justice
Alabama
Chelsea Wesner
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado
Research Instructor
South Dakota
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.