Global Community Book 2016-2024

GLOBAL COMMUNITY 2016 – 2024

“Atlantic Fellows celebrate and pursue possibilities for social change collaboratively, through developing strong connections with values-based organizations and other Fellows in the global Atlantic community. They recognize the power and duty of privilege to respond intelligently, with empathy and a sense of urgency in this time of myriad human needs. Change for the better is not only possible, it is our shared human imperative. ” CHRISTOPHER G. OECHSLI, BOARD CHAIR OF THE ATLANTIC INSTITUTE Photo of the Atlantic Fellows at Kopanong, the staff and program staff residence in Oxford. Credit: Lee Atherton.

Welcome to the Atlantic Fellows community Our vision is to harness the power, leadership and creativity of the Atlantic Fellows community to build a flourishing ecosystem of global changemakers who connect and collaborate across borders, developing (k)new perspectives, knowledge and skills, resulting in more equitable organizations, communities and nations.

We live in volatile times in a world that is complex and uncertain. Although there has been some progress, racial, social and economic inequities persist, with already marginalized groups of people affected disproportionately.

The impacts of climate change are particularly acute for the least developed countries, and in the last ten years, authoritarianism and war has been on the rise, with conflicts exacerbating longstanding inequities. In this context of war, a climate emergency, demographic and social change, rapid urbanization and shifts in economic power and technology, collection action is urgently needed.

The Atlantic Philanthropies established the Atlantic Fellows in 2015 to culminate the vision of the foundation and its founder, Chuck Feeney, to invest in people, giving them the opportunity to realize a better world. Atlantic Fellows are exceptional leaders in their own fields of work, each with a deep resolve and commitment for a more equal and just world. They are agents of change in the communities they serve. There are now nearly 1,000 Atlantic Fellows globally, and the number of Fellows will grow to 2,700 in the next two decades.

Atlantic Fellows are from all walks of life: medical professionals, social activists, advocates, lawyers, artists, business leaders, government officials, academics and researchers, and the list goes on.

After completing one of seven Atlantic Fellows programs, Fellows belong to their local program community and a cross-program community of Fellows supported by the Atlantic Institute.

Though working collectively across diverse settings and contexts, they seek to bring (k)new solutions to advance equity. (K)new means solutions that recognize and legitimize our longer histories, knowledge and ways of being. Fellows in this diverse global community work together to build a more inclusive and just future in which all communities can thrive.

The teams of staff who run the Atlantic Fellows programs and the Atlantic Institute are in the global community too. Around 100 staff have built connections across the programs, to share ongoing knowledge exchange, learning and to align on activities that strategically benefit the global community of Fellows.

Together, we are reimagining and realizing a fairer future and creating a better world.

“ If each of these programs figures out a way to make a difference to dismantling inequities in their part of the world, that’s good. But the bigger agenda is the collective work of making a difference all over the world in a collaborative, mutually informative, mutually inspiring way. That’s the highest hope. ” Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot, former deputy chair of The Atlantic Philanthropies Board GLOBAL COMMU N IT Y 2 0 16–2024

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There are now 944 Fellows, based in over 80 countries. Over the coming years, the total number of Fellows is expected to reach 2,700.

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04 Germany 05 France 14 Spain 01 Portugal

177 United States

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01 Italy

05 Greece

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13 Mexico

01 Senegal

01 Cuba 01 Haiti

01 Nicaragua 01 Costa Rica

01 Jamaica 01 Panama

07 Colombia

01 Liberia

01 Benin

12 Nig 08 Ghana

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04 Trinidad & Tobago

02 Democratic Republic of the Congo

02 Ecuador

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06 Peru 19 Brazil

03 Botswan

159 South Africa

09 Chile

09 Argentina

Fellows by country as of May 2024.

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12 Ethiopia 01 Somalia

09 Cambodia 09 Singapore

02 Republic of Korea

30 Philippines

02 Brunei-Darussalam 10 Malaysia

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01 Malawi 02 Mauritius

03 Timor-Leste

01 Madagascar 78 Australia

01 Vanuatu

27 New Zealand

01 Fiji

Improving brain health and reducing the impact of dementia worldwide.

BASED AT THE GLOBAL BRAIN HEALTH INSTITUTE

2016 Fellows

JALAYNE ARIAS

MIRCEA BALASA

NICOLE BATSCH

ELEONORE BAYEN

Associate professor, department of health policy and behavioral sciences, School of Public Health, Georgia State University

Neurologist, Hospital Clinic Barcelona

Gerontologist and global consultant

Barcelona, Spain

Chicago, United States

Professor of medicine, Sorbonne University; and director of the neuro-rehabilitation, department of Pitié-Salpêtrière

Atlanta, United States

Paris, France

Investigating the legal and ethical challenges associated with the individual and social burden linked with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias through public policy initiatives.

Promoting an early diagnosis of neurodegenerative dementias through the use of novel biomarkers and new modalities of patient engagement.

Understanding how people with dementia can lead more meaningful lives under human rights’ objectives.

Designing, testing and validating new prototypes monitoring cognitive disorders; studying patterns of disability, clinical evolution and unmet care needs; and analyzing socioeconomics datasets.

ALISSA BERNSTEIN SIDEMAN

DOMINIC CAMPBELL

MARÍA CARMONA-IRAGUI

HEIDI CLARE LAMBERT

Director, Creative Aging International; producer, Creative Brain Week; arts manager, Irish Hospice Foundation; founder of ArtsandBrain.com

Faculty neurologist, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Music educator and performer

Assistant professor, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, United States

Researching ways to improve the diagnosis and care of people living with dementia in primary care settings, and creating effective interventions tailored to the sociocultural context of patients and their caregivers, with attention to the social determinants that cause and perpetuate ill health and disease.

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Cotopaxi, Colo., United States

Barcelona, Spain

Dublin, Ireland

Originating then sustaining prototypes infused with art and creativity and backed by solid evidence which respond to need and local circumstance to reduce the fear of age-related illnesses and celebrate aging.

Researching cognitive impairment and biomarkers in the continuum of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease and in Down syndrome for insights into the biological and epidemiological contributors to Alzheimer’s disease.

Producing a radio program about aging and the creative process, showing how brains benefit from musical engagement. Also developing a musical curriculum for adult day health.

LAURENT CLERET DE LANGAVANT

BÁRBARA COSTA BEBER

CHRISTINE FITZGERALD

ELAINE HOWARD

Postdoctoral researcher, National University of Ireland, Galway

Independent consultant, Dementia Focus

Galway, Ireland

Myshall, Ireland

Paris, France

Assistant professor of speech and language pathology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre

Analyzing large populationbased studies from different continents to offer a global perspective on dementia risk factors, to discover new dementia risk factors and to generate predicting algorithms of dementia.

Raising awareness of dementia in 40,000 speech and language therapists in Brazil and studying methods for improving communication among people with neurological diseases.

Exploring the role of community services such as Alzheimer cafés in supporting social citizenship, and developing a psychosocial evaluation strategy to mobilize and enhance psychosocial interventions.

Delivering bespoke consultancy in service reform and training solutions to dementia service providers and innovators who seek to provide personalized care and support for people living with dementia.

HANY IBRAHIM

ELISSAIOS KARAGEORGIOU

SILVIA KOCHEN

JOSH KORNBLUTH

Division chief, sleep and memory center; scientific director, Neurological Institute of Athens

Director, neurosciences and complex systems unit, CONICET, Univ UNAJ, Hospital El Cruce; and documentary filmmaker

Monologuist, filmmaker and video host

Athens, Greece

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Elucidating brain rhythm patterns of dementia syndromes across the sleepwake cycle, with the goal of improving diagnosis, prognosis and treatment response, and promoting dementia health.

Researching cognitive impairment and biomarkers to improve the diagnosis and care of people living with dementia, and creating effective interventions tailored to the sociocultural context of patients. Using documentary films to create social awareness.

Assistant professor in neurology, Université Paris-Est Créteil

Consultant geriatrician and assistant professor, Ain Shams University Hospital Cairo, Egypt

Working to use modern technology and software platforms for the early detection of dementia and cognitive training; cofounded the Ain Shams Cognitive Training Lab.

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Berkeley, Calif., United States

Connecting brain science with social justice by hosting, writing and producing the video series “Citizen Brain” (citizenbrain.org) and by creating a theatrical monologue about empathy and democracy, also titled “Citizen Brain.”

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2016 Fellows

JORGE LLIBRE GUERRA

CLAIRE MCEVOY

ROGERIO PANIZZUTTI

GEESKE PEETERS

Assistant professor, department of neurology, Washington University School of Medicine; assistant director, dominantly inherited Alzheimer network trials unit

Senior lecturer, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast

Associate professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Senior researcher, Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Geriatric Medicine; scientific coordinator, Radboudumc Alzheimer Center

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Belfast, Northern Ireland

St. Louis, Miss., United States

Utrecht, Netherlands

Researching admixture, ethnicity and health-social disparities in dementia.

Developing a program in Cuba to train health care providers and educate the community about aging, mental health and dementia.

Investigating the role of diet in brain aging and dementia by analyzing population data and testing scalable dietary interventions for brain health.

Understanding how computerized tools can be integrated into scalable, multidisciplinary interventions for the longterm care of brain health.

Measuring, modelling, understanding and improving physical and cognitive resilience in older adults.

ELISA DE PAULA FRANÇA RESENDE

ADRIÀ ROFES

FIONNUALA SWEENEY

JAMIE TALAN

Assistant professor, University of Groningen

Multimedia editor, Atlantic Institute

Science writer, Neurology Today

Groningen, Netherlands

Oxford, England

Enhancing our understanding of brain behavior relations and applying this knowledge to improve assessment and treatment protocols for neurological conditions leading to aphasia.

Hearing from a wide range of people working in the dementia space; her podcast series, “Dementia is Global,” aims to raise global awareness about brain health to change attitudes and policies.

Deputy coordinator, department of cognitive neurology and aging, Brazilian Academy of Neurology

Boise, Idaho, United States

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Studying the effects of latelife literacy acquisition as a dementia prevention tool through improving memory and increasing connections between brain areas.

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Developing and implementing an online monthly lecture series and a U.S. support group for patients with posterior cortical atrophy and their caregivers.

IOANNIS TARNANAS

LINA VELILLA

ADAM WASKOW

STELIOS ZYGOURIS

Chief science officer, Altoida Inc.

Research associate, Neuroscience Group of Antioquia

Entrepreneur focused on brain health and equity; owner, Three Home Village Assisted Living Facility

Postdoctoral researcher,The Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas/Information Technologies Institute

Fairfax, Calif., United States

Thessaloniki, Greece

Researching how animalassisted therapies and interventions could affect care and improve outcomes in a variety of environments and applications; in particular, the use of therapy dogs with dementia patients.

Developing computerized memory tests for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, including the first serious game that older adults can use on their own to screen for signs of subtle cognitive decline.

Thessaloniki, Greece

Medellin, Colombia

Improving computational biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and developing a responsible strategy to implement this technology and utilize machine intelligence for disease prevention.

Developing strategies to address the stress and burden-related stigma among caregivers of patients with early onset dementia, caused by the e280a mutation in Antioquia.

The 2023 cohort of Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health poses in front of a community mural in Accra, Ghana, in November 2023. Credit: Selom Attikpo.

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2017 Fellows

TALA AL-ROUSAN

PHAEDRA BELL

KRYSTAL L. CULLER

EMMA CUNNINGHAM

Associate director, Center for Life Course and Vulnerable Population Research, University of California, San Diego (UCSD); assistant professor, UCSD

Director of school and community engagement, University of California, San Francisco Dyslexia Center

Founder and creative director, Virtual Brain Health Center

Clinical lecturer, centre for public health, Queen’s University Belfast; consultant geriatrician, Queen’s University Belfast, and The Belfast Trust

Poland, Ohio, United States

San Anselmo, Calif., United States

Solana Beach, Calif., United States

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Investigating how the stress of war and displacement affects dementia rates in refugees in the Middle East.

Co-designed the Atlantic Fellows Thematic Forum in Jordan for learning about migration and health.

Translating brain health science into mechanisms for cultivating justice and equity in health and education.

Developing innovative brain health and memory programs and services. Implementing population health approaches for individuals and carers, aimed at dementia risk prevention.

Caring and innovating for people with dementia and their families. Researching aging, frailty, delirium, dementia perioperative medicine and relevant biomarkers.

ELIZABETH DZENG

DERYA DURUSU EMEK-SAVAS

CORRINA GRIMES

ALEJANDRA GUERRERO BARRAGÁN

Associate professor of medicine and sociology, University of California, San Francisco London and San Francisco, England and United States

Examining the influence of structural racism, culture and ethics of neoliberalism on the provision of quality end-of-life care in older adults with and without dementia in the U.S. and U.K.

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Associate professor, departments of psychology and neurosciences, Dokuz Eylul University

National deputy director, NHS England Belfast, Northern Ireland

Specialist neurologist, Neuro Spinal Hospital, Dubai Dubai, UAE

Izmir, Turkey

Developing and using computerized cognitive training programs as an intervention for people with cognitive impairment and for the prevention of cognitive decline in the aging population.

Engaging in health care policy development and implementation; and previously developed an advance care planning policy for Northern Ireland.

Pursuing a clinical approach with a passion for preventive medicine to combat neurodegenerative diseases, with an emphasis on early detection, lifestyle interventions and community education to mitigate the impact of dementia and the impact of socioeconomic factors on brain health and dementia.

KRISTA HARRISON

SANDRA HIGUET

CATHERINE JORDAN

YUE LENG

Associate professor, Division of Geriatrics and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco

Head, geriatric department, Centre Hospitalier de Tubize-Nivelles

Experimental psychologist and research fellow, University College Dublin

Assistant professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco

Dublin, Ireland

San Francisco, United States

Nivelles, Belgium

San Francisco, United States

Using qualitative and mixed methods research to mitigate suffering by improving models of care and policies for older adults living with, dying from and grieving dementia, prion disease and other serious illnesses.

Working to create an integrated care facility for the management of patients with mild cognitive impairment or dementia.

Pursuing the relationship between musical expertise and the development of dementia, and exploring the mechanisms underpinning this association and music as therapy.

Developing interventional studies targeting improved sleep and cognition, which have the potential to help prevent the onset and progression of dementia in high-risk populations.

MARIANA LONGORIA IBARROLA

DAVID LOUGHREY

JERÓNIMO MARTIN

Postdoctoral fellow, Trinity College Dublin

Clinical fellow in stroke and emergency care, NHS Scotland

LUIS ARNOLDO MUÑOZ NEVÁREZ

Dublin, Ireland

Edinburgh, Scotland

Faculty, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Geriatric and internal medicine specialist

Mexico City, Mexico

Part of 10/66 Dementia Research Group carrying out population-based research into dementia in low- and middle-income countries.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Researching the relationship between hearing loss and the development of dementia through neurocognitive assessment of older adults with hearing loss.

Improving the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of stroke. Developing multicenter studies and programs to diminish stroke risk factors and work to identify populations at high risk of stroke.

Improving prevention, diagnosis and treatment strategies for older adults living with HIV and HIVassociated neurocognitive disorder. Promoting dementia awareness and early diagnosis in Mexico.

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2017 Fellows

BRENDA PÉREZ CERPA Geriatric medicine specialist Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

CLAUDIA PATRICIA RAMOS-PEREZ

ANA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ SALGADO

TALITA ROSA

Psychiatrist and sub-investigator, Neuroscience Group of Antioquia

Neuropsychologist

Neurology resident, University of Louisville

Havana, Cuba

Louisville, Ky., United States

Medellin, Colombia

Establishing innovative ways of bringing palliative and supportive care to people with dementia, and developing tangible policies or strategies that raise awareness of advanced directives.

Working to determine factors related to the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

Co-designing a nonpharmacological intervention for patients with Alzheimer’s disease at a mild stage to improve functionality in patients and decrease the caregivers’ burden.

Introducing technologybased cognitive assessments and support to the Cuban population.

Studying the economic and psychological burden of informal caregiving for dementia in Brazil.

CLAIRE SEXTON

KONSTANTINA SYKARA

BOON LEAD TEE

JENNY ZITSER

Director, scientific programs and outreach, Alzheimer’s Association

Head psychologist, Neurological Institute of Athens; staff psychologist, Athens Medical Center

Neurologist and assistant professor, University of California, San Francisco

Senior neurologist and sleep physician, neurology department, movement disorders and sleep division, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Chicago, United States

San Francisco, United States

Athens, Greece

Aventura, Fla., United States

Leading research programs and initiatives to accelerate the Alzheimer’s Association’s scientific agenda.

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Evaluating whether cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi) is an effective treatment intervention in patients with mild cognitive impairment and their caregivers.

Developing an anatomicalspecific and linguistically adapted Chinese Language Assessment in PPA battery for the Chinese-speaking population. Studying impacts of cultural characteristics on social cognitive functions.

Investigating nonmotor manifestations of synucleinopathies, including cognitive, sleep and autonomic disturbances to be used as biomarkers for this specific group of diseases.

Atlantic Fellow, Armagan Uysal, paints a mural during Leadership Week in Accra, Ghana, in November 2023. Credit: Selorm Attikpo.

RUFUS AKINYEMI

JANE BENTLEY

KIRSTY BOBROW

LAURA BOOI

Deputy director, Centre for Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan; senior research fellow, neuroscience and aging research unit

Music specialist

Public health physician and epidemiologist

Senior research fellow, Centre for Dementia Research, Leeds Beckett University

Glasgow, Scotland

Cape Town, South Africa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Ibadan, Nigeria

Nurturing leaders in Africa for collaborative work to improve brain health.

Clinical, research and advocacy work focusing on vascular and degenerative brain disorders.

Developing engagement in accessible participative music as a resource for social inclusion, communicative partnerships and community integration across the lifespan. Training musicians and health professionals in communicative musical interaction.

Working to make epidemiological data on brain health in Africa more accessible by wrangling routine data into interactive data visualizations to inform policy and research, with expertise in digital health, clinical trials and health systems research.

Focusing on brain health equity and the promotion of inclusive policies to support and improve quality of life across the lifespan, from early adulthood to older age; pursuing interests in research and advocacy for brain health to increase the quality of life of people living with dementia and reduce the population’s risk of dementia in the future.

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2018 Fellows

LENISA BRANDAO

SIOBHAN CASEY

GABRI CHRISTA

WALTER DAWSON

Associate professor, department of speech therapy, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Director of marketing and business development, Age NI (Northern Ireland)

Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Holywood, Northern Ireland

Associate professor of professional practice; director of Movement Lab, Barnard College, Colombia University

Director, Oregon Center for Excellence in Behavioral Health & Aging; assistant professor, Oregon Health & Science University– Portland State University

New York, United States

Portland, Ore., United States

Promoting the social inclusion of older adults and raising awareness of health professionals to the power of art in improving communication and the quality of life.

Driving change in the aging agenda to improve the wellbeing of older people.

Facilitating art initiatives focused on understanding one another’s humanity.

Curating dance, education and film events aimed at removing stigma around age and race.

Developing strategies to reduce the economic burden of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia through public policy interventions that better support individuals, care partners and the public programs that fund care.

MYRIAM DE LA CRUZ PUEBLA

SANA-E-ZEHRA HAIDRY

LAIS FAJERSZTAJN

MIRIAM GALVIN

Scientific researcher and research consultant, University of Groningen; research consultant, Hashmanis Hospital

Associate researcher, laboratory of environmental and experimental pathology, department of pathology, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine

Associate professor in intersectional research methodology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin

Neurologist/researcher, cognition and brain plasticity unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute; Ph.D. student, Autonomous University of Barcelona

Castricum, Netherlands

Dublin, Ireland

São Paulo, Brazil

Barcelona, Spain

Analysing neuroimaging data from patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy due to hippocampal sclerosis and its relationship with dysfunction in the reward system; conducting clinical evaluations of a music-based rehabilitation program for stroke patients.

Improving treatments through evidence-based interventions.

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Employing a model to destigmatize, prevent and manage dementia.

Addressing the lack of awareness about dementia in low- and middle-income countries.

Investigating urban and environmental health to understand the effects of air pollution on neurodegenerative diseases.

Working on research tracking patient and caregiver journeys, interaction with health services, as well as the conceptualization and assessment of quality of life and caregiver experiences.

AGUSTÍN IBAÑEZ

STEFANIA ILINCA

OPHIR KERET

EMI KIYOTA

Full professor and director, Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez; associate research professor and team leader, predictive brain health modelling group, Trinity College Dublin

Technical officer for longterm care, WHO Regional Office for Europe

Senior neurologist, Clalit Health Services, Rabin Medical Center

Associate professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Petah Tikva, Israel

Copenhagen, Denmark

Singapore, Singapore

Santiago, Chile

Empowering Latin American networks and researchers to fight dementia collaboratively.

Focusing on innovation and service design in health and long-term care systems, with particular attention to strengthening care delivery for people with complex needs, supporting integrated care models and improving access to care needed over the life course.

Determining the unique features of young onset Alzheimer’s and dementia in diverse and disparate populations of Israel.

Creating socially integrated communities that value elders through Ibasho (a notfor-profit organization) and consulting in the design of communities and cities.

ALEX KORNHUBER

JORGE MARIO LEÓN SALAS Neuro-psychiatrist, Hospital Clinica Biblica

LINGANI MBAKILE MAHLANZA

SHAMIEL MCFARLANE

Photographer Salobreña, Spain

San José, Costa Rica

General practitioner and chief executive officer, Medtech Mobil Investments Inc.

Assistant professor and neuropsychologist, University of Botswana

Miami, United States

Gaborone, Botswana

Using photography in collaboration with science to create social awareness of how people age in the world, focusing on how different living conditions influence the aging process for better or worse.

Developing mental health strategies for successful aging, and leading efforts to understand and optimize treatments for people living with dementia.

Leading efforts to improve dementia diagnosis by translating, culturally adapting and validating tablet-based and paper-based cognitive and functional assessments for the Botswana population.

Developing a home-based primary care program for cognitively impaired, isolated older adults in rural Jamaica.

Medtech Mobil is a health care advisory and investment firm investing in health care startups.

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2018 Fellows

EIMEAR MCGLINCHEY Assistant professor in intellectual disability, Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland

MAIRA OKADA DE OLIVEIRA Neuropsychologist, University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil

STEFANIE PIÑA-ESCUDERO

MARITZA PINTADO-CAIPA

Doctoral researcher, genetics of aging and neurodegenerative diseases, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco

Neurologist and researcher, Instituto Peruano de Neurosciencias Lima, Peru

San Francisco, United States

Including people with Down syndrome in all aspects of dementia research.

Focusing on advancing dementia research, prevention and treatment with multicultural populations and on developing strategies to evaluate cognition in populations with low levels of education. Working on developing screening tools to identify cognitive decline.

Establishing best practice for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of dementia, supported by the development of an international, multidisciplinary network.

Specializing in dementia prevention, timely diagnosis and proper management; seeking to make transcendental changes to contribute to the reduction of health inequities among vulnerable populations.

KIRTI RANCHOD

ROWENA RICHIE

LORNA ROE

MOHAMED SALAMA

Neurologist

Dance theater artist and movement educator

Research assistant professor, Trinity College Dublin

San Francisco, United States

Dublin, Ireland

Professor and associate director, Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology, The American University in Cairo

Johannesburg, South Africa

Cairo, Egypt

Making brain health practical and relevant.

Promoting an understanding of traditional and cultural practices which promote brain health.

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Promoting positive aging through movement-based, creative engagement with elders in various settings.

Investigating trajectories of frailty and cognitive decline among older adults in Ireland and how these trajectories impact on patterns and costs of care, functional decline and caregiver burden.

Leading the Egyptian Longitudinal Study of Aging to try to reshape the current understanding of aging.

DANA WALRATH

FIONA WALSH

GREG WALSH

CINDY WEINSTEIN

Writer, artist, and anthropologist

Principal architect, DDS Architects Ltd.

Brain health specialist and co-founder/chief executive officer, DDS Architects Ltd.

Eli and Edythe Broad Professor of English, California Institute of Technology

Great Shefford, England

Pasadena, Calif., United States

Specialising in neuroscience and architecture that improves cognitive, medical and care outcomes through evidence-based design of hospitals, housing, towns and cities and care settings.

Advocating for policies on the importance of design to support people living with cognitive and sensory impairments.

Co-authored “Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain,” with Dr. Bruce Miller, based on her experience of coming to terms with her father’s diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

South Burlington, Vt., United States

Practicing a blend of creative writing, comics, art and anthropology, and believing in the power of the arts for social change.

Offering ways to heal from and end global challenges of dehumanization, dementia, racism and genocide.

Great Shefford, England

Translating research and inclusive building design principles into everyday use to ensure they are accessible to people living with cognitive and/or sensory impairments.

WILBY WILLIAMSON Physician and clinical academic in cardiovascular prevention and brain health Nottingham, England

Working to treat patients presenting for management of hypertension and primary prevention of heart disease and stroke.

L-R: Atlantic Fellows Laz Eze and Dani Macri engage in a visit to Accra, Ghana, in November 2023. Credit: Selorm Attikpo.

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2019 Fellows

MERON SISAY ABEY

KUNLE ADEWALE

EMILY ADRION

Arts in health practitioner; founder of arts, culture and health collaborative; theater producer, director and writer

Founder and executive director, Arts in Medicine Projects

Senior lecturer (associate professor) in global health policy, University of Edinburgh

Manchester, England

Edinburgh, Scotland

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

FERNANDO AGUZZOLI-PERES Coordinator, age-friendly cities’ protocols, International Longevity Center-Brazil; director in successful aging and dementias, Crônicos do Dia a Dia Porto Alegre, Brazil

Designing and promoting art-based interventions, as well as culturally oriented prototypes, to enhance the health care system for mental health, dementia, Down syndrome and postconflict trauma. Promoting and strengthening study, application and training in arts in health.

Advancing arts in health innovation and collaboration through interdisciplinary practice in the global south and north to support institutions and individuals working with different populations.

Improving understanding of the impact of health and social care system design on patterns of care and spending for those with dementia and their families/ caregivers. Aiming to reduce the devastating financial toll of dementia.

Exploring positive ways to communicate dementia with empathy and compassion in different settings, from books to social networks, to connect different generations.

ARIANNA ALMIRALL SÁNCHEZ

AYA ASHOUR

ANNE BROWNING

ANNA BRUGULAT-SERRAT

Lecturer and consultant, Ain Shams University

Assistant dean for well-being, School of Medicine, The University of Washington

Neuropsychologist and postdoctoral researcher, Barcelona Beta Brain Research Center

Seattle, United States

Vic, Spain

Promoting resilience, brain health and well-being for health care teams.

Developing support for people engaging in equity work, expanding practices and competencies for distress tolerance.

Developing strategies to increase the understanding of how risk factors render the sex-specific brain vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology.

Developing personalized prevention programs.

SPHeRE Scholar, School of Public Health, Trinity College Dublin

Fifth Settlement, Cairo, Egypt

Dublin, Ireland

Researching the relationship between cognitive reserve and cognitive decline by analyzing population data from high-, middle- and low-income countries to identify mid-life risk factors for dementias. Developing a training program for caregivers.

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Improving the lives of people living with cognitive impairment by providing the best clinical settings and maximizing the research outcomes to patients with dementia in Egypt.

SHEILA CASTRO-SUAREZ

YAOHUA CHEN

SARAH D’ALESSIO

NAIARA DEMNITZ

Neurologist, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas

Associate professor in neurogeriatrics, CHU LilleUniversity of Lille

Policy analyst, Ministry of Health, Government of Bermuda

Postdoctoral researcher, Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance

Lima, Peru

Hamilton, Bermuda

Lille, France

Copenhagen, Denmark

Leading efforts to run a behavioral neurology clinic in Peru. Creating a network in frontotemporal dementia and exploring difficulties relating to diagnosis.

Researching the validation of cognitive screening tests and the genetics of dementia.

Developing collaboration between pre-clinical and clinical work, and between neurology and geriatrics.

Leading a translational work of a murine model and a cohort of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

Developing and strengthening long-term care and social care systems and practices, so they become more equitable through inclusion and by enhancing the quality of life for people with cognitive impairment.

Examining the role of lifestyle factors on the aging brain, with the aim of developing targeted lifestyle interventions that promote healthy brain aging.

KARIN DIAMOND

CLARA DOMINGUEZ VIVERO

NEUS FALGÀS MARTINEZ

ADIT FRIEDBERG

Neurologist, Servicio Galego de Saúde

Neurologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Alzheimer’s unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

Research fellow, University of California, San Francisco

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Barcelona, Spain

Working for the Galician Health Service as a clinician with an interest in dementia and behavioral neurology.

Aiming to improve communication between clinicians and patients, and increase patient access to non-pharmacological care and support.

Developing strategies to improve the diagnostic therapeutic framework in Alzheimer’s disease, especially considering the atypical presentations.

Currently working with sleep-related biomarkers.

Artistic director, Re-Live Cardiff, Wales

Exploring the health and well-being benefits of participating in arts in health practice for people living with dementia and their families.

San Francisco, United States

Unraveling the neural mechanisms that underlie the emergence of visual artistic creativity in frontotemporal dementia.

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JONI GILISSEN

JENNIE GUBNER

MAËLENN GUERCHET

LAUREN HUNT

Postdoctoral researcher, department of family medicine and chronic care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital

Assistant professor of ethnomusicology; chair of a graduate interdisciplinary program in applied intercultural arts research, University of Arizona

Researcher, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development

Assistant professor of nursing, department of physiological nursing, University of California, San Francisco

Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium

Tucson, Ariz., United States

Engaging in mixed-methods research and development of interventions to address (palliative) care needs and improve quality of life throughout the care trajectory of older adults, including those with dementia and other serious illnesses.

Promoting models of dementia education through music, filmmaking and service-learning.

Building bridges between ethnomusicology and the health sciences.

Developing new aging and brain health research in sub-Saharan Africa to better understand the burden of dementia and raise awareness. Encouraging initiatives that support caregivers and train health care professionals.

Evaluating existing and developing new models of hospice and palliative care for older adults with dementia and their caregivers.

IGNACIO ILLÁN GALA

WAMBUI KARANJA

IRINA KINCHIN

Neurologist, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Consultant

Health economist, Trinity College Dublin

BEATRIZ MARCELA MAR MEZA

Nairobi, Kenya

Barcelona, Spain

Cotonou, Benin

San Francisco, United States

Dublin, Ireland

Coordinator, MMENTE Program; head of clinical intervention, LatAmFINGER-Perú, Hospital Central Fuerza Aérea del Perú Lima, Peru

Researching and leading a multidisciplinary clinic to improve the diagnosis and clinical care of people living with frontotemporal dementia and their families.

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Leading efforts to increase understanding of brain health among health care workers and the general population in Kenya, with a focus on age-related neurodegenerative disorders.

Strengthening local health and social care planning (in the face of limited resources) through the use of economic evaluation toward outcomeorientated provision by commissioners and providers of health and care services.

Working to develop a comprehensive care program for the management of patients with cognitive disorders and caregiver support. Developing geriatric services to optimize care of chronic diseases, such as dementia, affecting the Peruvian elderly.

CHEYENNE MIZE

SEBASTIAN MOGUILNER

DIDEM ÖZ

IEVA PETKUTĖ

Board-certified music therapist; host/producer of “Can You Hear Me?” audio program

Neuroscientist, FUESMEN (Fundación Escuela Medicina Nuclear)

Associate professor and neurologist, Dokuz Eylul University

Woburn, Mass., United States

Mendoza, Argentina

Izmir, Turkey

Independent researcher and educator; director, Socialiniai meno projektai (NGO); founder and president, Dementia Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania

Using music for individual and community aims, with a particular interest in equitable access to creative wellness opportunities for people of all ages and levels of ability or experience.

Researching new neuroimaging biomarkers of neurodegeneration and the artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis of dementia.

Developing an electroencephalography model to monitor the electrical activity of the brain for a diagnosis and differentiation of dementia, and investigating clinicopathological correlation.

Leading local and international initiatives focused on accessibility, inclusivity and innovation in the field of arts, museums, dementia and brain health.

SILVIA RODRIGO-HERRERO

NICOLE ROGERS CASTILLO

SANJIB SAHA

DVERA SAXTON

Consultant neurologist and neuropsychologist, Juan Ramon Jimenez University Hospital

Neurologist, Universidad de Chile

Researcher, Lund University

Santiago, Chile

Malmo, Sweden

Associate professor, department of anthropology, California State University; affiliated researcher, California Institute of Rural Studies

Huelva, Spain

Fresno, Calif., United States

Researching early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in patients around the region of Andalusia, Spain, especially in patients with a low educational level.

Developing nonpharmacological interventions and introducing technology-based tools that may be integrated into current health programs for older adults and patients with dementia.

Conducting research into the health care utilization of people living with dementia and their caregivers, primarily in Sweden. Estimating the cost-effectiveness of different interventions in clinical settings.

Developing communitydriven approaches to research, and creative teaching and learning around aging, brain health and disability justice in rural and immigrant communities in California.

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2020 Fellows

FUNMI AKINDEJOYE Public health researcher/Ph.D. candidate, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania Lagos, Nigeria

Carrying out environmental and brain/mental health research and looking at dementia/mental health, with arts and health interventions.

Supporting existing dementia care.

Creative Brain Week 2024, hosted by the Global Brain Health Institute. Credit: Paul Sharp, Sharppix.

FAHEEM ARSHAD

PETRONILLA BATTISTA

CARLOS CHECHETTI

MARIUS ČIURLIONIS

Assistant professor, department of neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences

Neuropsychologist and researcher, Clinical and Scientific Institutes Maugeri Bari

Social entrepreneur, filmmaker and storyteller

Adviser, Ministry of Health, The Republic of Lithuania

São Paulo, Brazil

Vilnius, Lithuania

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bari, Puglia, Italy

Unravelling the genetic underpinnings and neural mechanisms of lifestyle factors in patients living with dementia.

Researching and treating cognitive, language and communication disorders in patients with primary progressive aphasia.

Founder of the Reliving Memories social program that uses passion (football, music, cinema, literature etc.) as cognitive and social activities for older adults and people with dementia.

Working as a filmmaker and storyteller for social impact projects.

Advising on long-term care coordination and implementation at the Ministry of Health, The Republic of Lithuania.

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FRANCESCA FARINA

SARAH FOX

ADOLFO GARCÍA

GRÁINNE HOPE

Research assistant professor, University of Chicago; visiting researcher, Trinity College Dublin

NIHR-Alzheimer’s Society Applied Research Fellow, University of Manchester

Professional cellist; founder and director, Music & Health Ireland

Chicago, United States

Manchester, England

Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Universidad de San Andres; associate researcher, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; coordinator, Include Network; founder, TELL company

Meath, Ireland

Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Researching early risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias; working with community partners to promote brain health and well-being across the lifespan.

Working to understand the impact of meaningful everyday experiences for people living with dementia and their care partners.

Understanding how these experiences support connection, identity and independence.

Combining neuroscience, language science and artificial intelligence to capture early markers of neurodegenerative disorders.

Working to improve the experience and quality of life for those living with dementia through the delivery of a live music program in hospitals and nursing homes, training for musicians and health care staff and involvement in cross-sector research and evaluation.

MAGDA KACZMARSKA

DEARBHLA KELLY

HANAN KHALIL

TOMÁS LEÓN

Dancer, researcher and creative aging teaching artist

Critical care fellow, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; postdoctoral research fellow, Wolfson Centre for the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Associate professor, department of rehabilitation, faculty of applied medical sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology

Psychiatrist, teaching course coordinator and speaker, Hospital del Salvador, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, and Universidad de Chile

Irbid, Jordan

Santiago, Chile

Working to increase awareness, improve patient care and improve understanding of mental health through epidemiological and intervention research.

Researching dementia care, implementation of memory units, dementia teaching and psychopharmacology in the elderly.

New York City, United States

Oxford, England

Building creative communities with people living with dementia through the transformative power of dance. Researching and advocating for the value and role of the arts in brain health across the life course.

Researching the overlap between renal and neurological diseases.

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2020 Fellows

MILTON LÓPEZ NORORI

NAHUEL MAGRATH GUIMET

LUCIANO MARIANO

INBAL MAYAN

Geriatrician and gerontologist; member of Alzheimer´s Foundation of Nicaragua

Mananging director and clinical neuropsychiatrist, Ageing and Memory Centre, Neurological Research Institute Raúl Carrea (FLENI)

Clinical neuropsychologist; member of the cognitive and behavioural neurology group, Federal University of Minas Gerais

Head of clinical partnerships, Epilog; head of geriatrics, Sabar Health

Managua, Nicaragua

Lincoln, Argentina

Durham, N.C., United States

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Practicing geriatric and gerontology medicine, with a strong passion for providing primary care and clinical care to the elderly people in nursing homes, rural and urban communities.

Researching frontotemporal dementia diagnosis and education.

Using research to improve diagnosis and to make cognitive-behavioral evaluation simpler and more accurate.

Creating a holistic approach to caring for complex patients, with an emphasis on those suffering from dementia, through innovative models of care. Prioritizing a personalized care journey that aligns with the patient’s goals and wishes.

KAREN MEENAN

PRIMROSE NYAMAYARO

OBIORA OKOYE

MIGUEL RENTERÍA

Account manager, Limelight Communications

Research manager, faculty of medicine and health sciences, University of Zimbabwe

Co-founder, Sub-Saharan Africa Brain Health Initiative

Associate professor and principal investigator, Computational Neurogenomics Lab, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Dublin, Ireland

Abuja, Nigeria

Harare, Zimbabwe

Brisbane, Australia

Working with people living with dementia and their carers, developing theater and radio broadcasts.

Working with people affected with Lewy body disorders and their caregivers to raise awareness of this disease and build community.

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Researching interventions for dementia that are culturally acceptable for use in Zimbabwe, and establishing how technology can best be used to carry out these interventions.

Working to create a collaboration across subSaharan Africa to ensure the prioritization of brain health in public health.

Using big data, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence to investigate the genetic and neuroanatomical basis of neurodegenerative diseases in diverse global populations, with a focus on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.

SUSANNE ROEHR

MOLLIE ROSE

NICKY TAYLOR

KURIPACHA TITUAÑA VEGA

Associate professor of psychology, Massey University

Owner and teacher, Pilates in Common

Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand

San Francisco, United States

Research fellow, Leeds Beckett University; theatre and dementia research associate, Leeds Playhouse

Geriatric physician; part-time teacher in the technological career of integral care for the elderly, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Leeds, England

Cotacachi, Imbabura, Ecuador

Studying pathways to sustainable healthy aging, with a focus on the social determinants of brain health and individual-level modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia. Using a mix of epidemiological, qualitative and creative methods.

Working to increase equity in the health care system by exposing a wider population to preventive movement practices.

Working toward more hopeful narratives of dementia by creating opportunities for people living with dementia to be at the heart of research and the stories we tell.

Developing programs that serve older people living with dementia, especially Indigenous people living in poverty.

MARÍA MARTHA UNAUCHO PILALUMBO

BERENICE WERLE

LINA ZAPATA

Director, Moriguchi Institute; vice president, Brazilian Geriatrics Society

Psychiatrist and researcher, Fundación Valle del Lili

JONATHAN ADRIÁN ZEGARRA VALDIVIA

Neurologist, Hospital Santa Inés Loja; and Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Loja, Ecuador

Postdoctoral researcher, Achucarro Basque Center for Neurocience; Cajal Institute, CSIC; and School of Medicine, UAM, Madrid

Cali, Colombia

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Bilbao, Spain

Improving the lives of people living with dementia through neurological diagnosis and management.

Creating friendly and accessible environments for people with dementia, caregivers and family members of people with dementia.

Working to improve brain health care, focusing on dementia prevention, dementia diagnosis, individualized treatments and genetics research of neurodegenerative diseases in diverse populations.

Working to identify biomarkers for early detection of mild cognitive impairment and dementia through the study of neurobiology, metabolism and brain health physiology.

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L-R: Atlantic Fellows Sarah D’Alessio and Fernando Aguzzoli-Peres and faculty member Lea Grinberg at a gathering in Amsterdam in July 2023. Credit: Jelle Draper.

YAVUZ AYHAN

MELISSA CHAN

MARCIA COMINETTI

TSELMEN DARIA

Faculty member and associate professor of psychiatry, Hacettepe University

Project lead, Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality, University of Luxembourg; founder, Project We Forgot

Associate professor, Federal University of São Carlos

Postdoctoral researcher, Gladstone Institute

São Carlos, Brazil

San Francisco, United States

Researching blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease to identify lowcost, minimally invasive biomarkers for early diagnosis.

Spreading awareness of dementia through clinical research. Promoting the idea of embracing aging, learning from previous generations through younger generations connecting with them.

Ankara, Turkey

Singapore, Singapore

Working to improve diagnoses of neurodegenerative dementias to identify cognitive disorders and increase the future quality of this area of research and clinical care.

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Using design and development to enable brainhealthy communities and interventions for persons living with dementia and their carers.

GILLIAN FALLON

FASIHAH IRFANI FITRI

DOMINIC GATELY

MUTHONI GICHU

Arts administrator, curator and creative producer

Neurologist, Universitas Sumatera Utara

Actor, writer and theater-maker

Brooklyn, N. Y., United States

Medan, Indonesia

Head, division of palliative and aged care, Ministry of Health, Kenya

Leeds, England

Nairobi, Kenya

Working with artists and scientists to help build intergenerational connections between people living with dementia, caregivers and the broader community.

Developing cognitive tools for a culturally diverse population to improve early detection of dementia and cognitive screening programs. Conducting public campaigns to raise awareness of dementia.

Bridging biography, brain health and neuroscience through the creation of multidisciplinary performance and written works.

Strengthening health systems to support healthy aging, and developing policies and strategies that support the strengthening of the health system in response to an aging population and dementia.

SANDRA GIMÉNEZ

RAQUEL GUTIÉRREZ ZÚÑIGA

RAFI HADAD

TANISHA HILL-JARRETT

Attending physician, Stroke and Cognition Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus

Neuropsychologist and assistant professor, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco

Faculty sleep medicine specialist, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona Barcelona, Spain

Neurologist Madrid, Spain

Eilabun, Israel

San Francisco, United States

Researching sleep in patients with neurodegenerative processes and assessing the relationship between sleep disturbances and the risk of cognitive decline.

Studying and promoting brain health in Spain.

Reducing social disparities and creating dementia diagnosis and testing methods for different cultures, especially for those in need from low socioeconomic status, for timely diagnoses and treatment.

Examining the effects of structural racism and gendered racism on the cognitive functioning of Black older adults; using Afrofuturism as a tool for brain health and reenvisioning Black futures.

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CARMEN LAGE

LUIS MARTINEZ

PAUL MODJADJI

TATYANA MOLLAYEVA

Neurologist and postdoctoral researcher, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander

Clinical neurologist, researcher and creative aging teaching artist; research coordinator, Memory and Aging Center, USCF

Founder and chairperson, Leaders Who Dare To Dream Foundation

Scientist, KITE, Toronto Rehabiliation Institute, University Health Network; assistant professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Santander, Spain

Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa

San Francisco, United States

Toronto, Canada

Working to achieve earlier and more accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Fostering education for Latino seniors in the Bay Area about healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease and dementias through community outreach and creative minds programs. Using the arts in conversations about preventing neurocognitive disorders and also to enhance their quality of life.

Using arts activism and advocacy work to push for robust programs that cater to at-risk members of communities.

Investigating sex- and gender-specific risk factors at the population level to support dementia prevention and progression.

KHANYO NTOKOZO NGCOBO

RAFAL NOWAK

CHUKWUANUGO OGBUAGU

MICK O’KELLY

Applied neuroscience research manager, Teknon Medical Center

Chief medical officer and specialist public health physician/ senior lecturer, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital

Artist

Specialist psychiatrist and honorary lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Barcelona, Spain

Nnewi, Nigeria

Durban, South Africa

Undertaking dementia clinical care and research aimed at improving service provision in a local context.

Exploring and promoting locally-appropriate and person-centered dementia care.

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Dublin, Ireland

Developing new neuroimaging techniques to identify the network implicated in Alzheimer’s disease as an optimal target for non-invasive brain stimulation.

Creating global awareness of brain health and evidencebased research; deploying a validated cognitive assessment tool in primary health care facilities in screening and diagnosis, as well as to demystify dementia.

Producing spaces that are transformative and stimulate the senses for one’s milieu and well-being. Developing an art practice that is more inclusive, with the approach that we are all complex and form identities marked out by difference and express ourselves with different capacities and abilities.

MOÏSE ROCHE Doctoral researcher, University College London London, England

HERNANDO SANTAMARÍA-GARCÍA

CRISTIANO SCHAFFER AGUZZOLI

SO YOUNG SHIN

Associate research professor, Institute of Translational and Cognitive Neuroscience (CONICET), Favaloro University and INECO Foundation

Neurologist and associate researcher, Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul

Busan, South Korea

Associate professor, Inje University

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Bogotá, Colombia

Exploring the psychosocial dimensions and cultural factors that shape how people of Black ethnicity experience and respond to dementia.

Promoting public policies for brain health in Colombia and other Latin American countries, based on the interactions between epigenetics, environmental factors and social determinants of health.

Researching the impact of imaging and bloodbased biomarkers in characterizing and predicting neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

ERIN SMITH

SELAM YOSEPH

YARED ZEWDE

Student and researcher, Stanford University

Assistant professor of psychiatry and director of the psychiatry training program, Addis Ababa University

Assistant professor of neurology, Addis Ababa University; founding director, Alzheimer’s Ethiopia

Stanford, Calif., United States

Aiming to provide an interdisciplinary, clientcentered approach to dementia, based on a comprehensive assessment of cognitive function and preferences of dementia patients.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Developing technology to build an objective, personalized and preemptive brain health future, as well as developing neuroscienceinspired policy to put brain health at the center of socioeconomic recovery and resilience.

Treating patients with psychological and behavioral symptoms of dementia, and psycho-educating caregivers on how they can help relatives without compromising their own psychological stability.

Creating awareness in school students and the wider public about brain health and dementia. Also, developing cultural and languageappropriate cognitive screening tools to improve the quality of clinical care and support for dementia patients and their caregivers.

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MAISON ABU RAYA

MOHAMMED ANBESSIE

Fellow in cognitive and behavioral neurology, cognitive neurology unit, Rambam Medical Center

Research and training director, St. Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital

Sakhnin, Israel

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Specializing in cognitive and behavioral neurology to understand genetic, lingual and psychosocial differences in dementia.

Advocating for dementia through research, training, care and raising awareness.

THIAGO AVELINO DA SILVA

BINIYAM AYELE

T32 research fellow; clinical researcher, division of geriatrics, University of California San Francisco; and University of São Paulo

Assistant professor of neurology, Addis Ababa University

Atlantic Fellow, Magda Kaczmarska (right), and a community participant dance at SOMArts in San Francisco, California, in August 2023. Credit: Elisabeth Fall.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

São Paulo, Brazil

Atlantic Fellows, Luis Martinez (left) and Stefanie Piña Escudero (right), dance alongside community participants at SOMArts in San Francisco, California, in August 2023. Credit: Elisabeth Fall.

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Investigating the intersection of dementia and delirium: implications for long-term cognitive function, activities of daily living abilities and prognosis. Advancing equitable strategies in dementia research and delirium management across local and international contexts.

Improving dementia prevention, diagnosis, care and public awareness of dementia in Ethiopia.

ZACHARY BANDLER

JAKE BRODER

ALISON CANTY

HANNA CHO

Filmmaking and screenwriting instructor, Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop

Playwright, North Coast Repertory Theater

Associate director, learning and teaching, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania

Associate professor, department of neurology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Seoul, South Korea

Beverly Hills, Calif., United States

Long Beach, Calif., United States

Creating informed and empathetic narratives of dementia through film and television direction and screenwriting.

Harnessing creativity and empathy to help on the journey to brain health.

Driving accessible, open access innovations in dementia education to reach the people who need to know. Exploring mechanisms of structural plasticity in the brain in response to aging and neurodegenerative diseases.

Providing clinical care and conducting research on dementia and cognitive impairment to improve global brain health.

CATHY CORREA-LOPERA

JAYASHREE DASGUPTA

VANESSA DE LA CRUZ

SHAIMAA EL-JAAFARY

Founder, teacher and administrator, Artelírica Arts and Music Academy

Co-founder and project director, Samvedna Senior Care

Researcher and medical scientific researcher, National Institute of Public Health

Associate professor, department of neurology, Cairo University

Gurugram, India

Medellin, Colombia

Using music and movement to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia.

Cairo, Egypt

Cuernavaca, Mexico

Specializing in neuropsychology and providing services for people living with dementia and mental health conditions.

Undertaking public health research related to nutrition, aging and cognitive function in older adults with the aim of developing effective nutritional interventions.

Raising awareness about neurodegenerative diseases, with a particular focus on Huntington’s disease, among health professionals and the public to improve the quality of care.

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EMMANUEL EPENGE

MACARENA ESPINA

SOL FITTIPALDI

JOYLA FURLANO

Assistant professor, Protestant University of Congo

Industrial designer and entrepeneur; director, Viviendo con Demencia R+D Design Studio

Research fellow, Trinity College Dublin and Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Chile

Research assistant/project lead, Western University, Health Equity Action Research Lab

La Unión, Los Ríos, Chile

Dublin, Ireland

London, Canada

Researching cognitive and biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease and caring for patients with cognitive disorders.

Working as a designer on transdisciplinary projects aimed at understanding and addressing the needs of users in situations of vulnerability, such as people with dementia, older people and people with disabilities.

Using digital tools to investigate sociocognitive processes in brain health and disease, with the ultimate goal of developing scalable assessments that can detect risk early in underserved populations.

Identifying culturally safe lifestyle strategies to reduce dementia risk and promote brain health and healthy aging in Indigenous populations.

MIKE HANRAHAN

MARYENELA ILLANESMANRIQUE

RABIA KHALAILA

GRÁINNE MCGETTRICK

Professor in nursing and gerontology; vice president for academic affairs, Zefat Academic College

Policy and research manager, Acquired Brain Injury Ireland

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author, musician, songwriter and performer Dublin, Ireland

Psychiatrist and head of neurogenetics research center, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurologicas

Dublin, Ireland

Sakhnin, Israel

Lima, Peru

Exploring and promoting the connection between the arts and brain health through music, writing and performance.

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Establishing research collaborations to improve access and care for individuals with dementia across diverse populations.

Using expertise in gerontology and nursing to improve and promote the cognitive reserve by increasing social and cognitive activities, education and more.

Striving to achieve systemic and policy change to address health inequalities and promote the human rights of individuals who are experiencing exclusion and inequities.

MICHELLE MOSESEISENSTEIN Public health analyst, health resources and service administration

KIM-HUONG NGUYEN

ALINE NOGUEIRA HAAS

DOYIN OGUNYEMI

Research fellow, The University of Queensland

Associate professor, department of physical education, physiotherapy and dance, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Senior lecturer, department of community health and primary care, University of Lagos

Brisbane, Australia

Lagos, Nigeria

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Rockville, Md., United States

Improving the lives of people with dementia and their caregivers through innovation across arts programs, grants, communications and policy.

Using economic theories to study the social and economic values of health and social care to develop policies that improve value and achieve more equitable service distribution.

Researching and advocating for the potential use of dance as a non-pharmacological therapy to enhance brain health in older adults with and without neurological disorders.

Teaching and researching healthy aging, vulnerable populations, older people’s health, health systems and science to improve global brain health.

VERONICA ROJAS CARSTENSEN

PRABHA SHRESTHA

LUCY STIRLAND

NATALIA TRUJILLO

Mixed media instructor, Creative Growth Art Center

Assistant professor of adult nursing, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences

Berkeley, Calif., United States

Banepa, Nepal

Consultant old age psychiatrist and honorary clinical senior lecturer, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Neuroscientist and psychologist, Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University; and University of Antioquia

Edinburgh, Scotland

Miami, United States

Using the arts to serve adults with developmental disabilities or older adults, many of whom are living with dementia.

Providing geriatric nursing care and training, assessing cognitive health and researching challenges of older adults. Running training courses for trainers in geriatric nursing.

Collaborating with local government in promoting healthy aging.

Providing care of dementia and mental illnesses in older people and conducting research on the brain health and mental health of people with multiple chronic conditions.

Evaluating bio-cognitive markers to improve preventive actions against dementia. Focusing on global mental health and healthy aging from a populational perspective.

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2023 FELLOWS

VALENTINE UCHEAGWU

CHI UDEH-MOMOH

SANDRA BAEZ

SWATI BAJPAI

Deputy director, The Research Center for Ageing Cognition and Psychological Health; and associate professor, psychology department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Postdoctoral researcher, Imperial College London

Associate professor, department of psychology, Universidad de los Andes

Research officer, department of geriatric medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Bogotá, Colombia

New Delhi, India

Designing, implementing and evaluating an intervention aimed at improving the quality of life for women of low socioeconomic status who provide informal care to people living with dementia.

Developing post-diagnostic, cognitive-based interventions for remote use by individuals affected by dementia in resource-constrained environments, fostering improvements in the overall well-being of dementia patients and their caregivers.

ANUSHA YASODA-MOHAN

UMESH BOGATI

Postdoctoral research associate, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin

Geriatrician/COVID coordinator, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital; vice-chairperson, ShangriLa Orphanage Home

LAURA MARÍA CALDERÓN CUEVAS

Worcester Park, England

Onitsha, Nigeria

Identifying affordable diagnostic markers for predicting the early onset of dementia in resource-poor settings.

Dublin, Ireland

Developing a multidisciplinary dementia prevention strategy to improve health outcomes.

Kathmandu, Nepal

Researching the mechanism of action of tinnitus, which shares risk factors with dementia; advocating for brain health literacy through the transdisciplinary collaboration of arts and science.

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Developing curricula, training and policies; promoting an integrated approach to cost-effective diagnosis, treatment and dementia research; engaging experts and networks in advocacy for health equity, dementia care access and caregiver support.

Project manager, music-centered workshop; senior leader, Musicians For Human Rights Thessaloniki, Greece

Conducting and implementing diverse artistic interventions, using music, composition and dance for community integration and cognitive well-being; addressing refugee trauma with culturally sensitive interventions; fostering creativity in shared spaces to mitigate cognitive threats.

CARLOS CORONEL

BENIAM DARGE

GEETA DORKHY

LAZARUS EZE

Postdoctoral researcher, Adolfo Ibáñez University

Lecturer and researcher, Arba Minch University

Medical and health officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Mauritius

Managing director and chief executive officer, TalkHealth9ja

Viña del Mar, Chile

Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Port Louis, Mauritius

Abuja, Nigeria

Using mathematical models and electroencephalography to identify possible biomarkers of dementia that can help in the development of novel therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative diseases.

Addressing health care inequities, striving for affordable dementia solutions in low-income countries; developing partnerships and funding to support regions with rising dementia rates; collaborating on research to generate evidence and enhance access to care.

Contributing to research, development and training, and engaging with dementia and Alzheimer’s awareness and prevention strategies for a healthy Mauritius.

Championing health systems strengthening in Nigeria; leading public education on brain health through the Sub-Sahara Africa Brain Health Initiative, which he co-founded with the aim of promoting quality care and eliminating stigma.

MIKEL GAINZA

ELUL LAKEW

DANI MACRI

MATAA MATAA

Founder and manager, GuitarApp (trading name of Legato Labs Ltd.)

Psychotherapist, Biruh Psychotherapy Service

Dublin, Ireland

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Social entrepreneur, creative producer, composer, actor, industrial engineer; and lecturer, Buenos Aires University

Adult neurologist, chairperson, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Zambia (ADDIZ); medical superintendent, Chipata General Hospital, Ministry of Health

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lusaka, Zambia

Boosting dementia prevention in society by making music learning and teaching as accessible as possible.

Using social media platforms and public media to raise awareness about the nature of dementia and how to help people living with dementia and those who care for them.

Finding creative ways to bring people together and foster cross-disciplinary collaboration. Creating a network for artistic interventions supporting vulnerable populations, advocating equality regardless of sexual orientation.

Increasing dementia awareness, combating stigma, improving health care access in Zambia; challenging misconceptions, promoting early diagnosis to reduce delays; enhancing community support for caregivers and individuals with dementia.

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DJIBRIL MOUSSA

ERIC MYRICKS

TEMESGEN NURYE

IDIL ÖZKAN

Lecturer, Amoud University, department of mental health, Ministry of Health

Singer, thespian, national recording artist; president, The Elijah Rock Foundation; co-founder, Mind-Sync

Assistant professor of neurology, Wollo University

Music composer, psychologist and creative speaker

Dessie, Ethiopia

Istanbul, Turkey

Hargeisa, Somalia

Nampa, Idaho, United States

Advocating creative dementia care, prioritizing geriatric medicine and mental health; championing holistic aging, integrating prevention and therapy; promoting sustainable public health for dementia care.

Driving music and artsrelated dementia research, advancing public awareness and equity in care; developing innovative prevention strategies through technology; providing financial aid for affected families; and raising awareness as a dementia advocate.

Increasing public awareness, improving management, conducting dementia research; strengthening screening for cognitive impairment, involving families; collaborating with humanitarian organizations for support.

Integrating art and science; exploring the synergy between music, psychology, emotions and creativity. Crafting talks promoting brain health and healthy aging through multidisciplinary speeches involving music, art and storytelling.

REGINA PARADELA

LUCÍA PERTIERRA

NATALIA POZO CASTRO

PAULINA RUIZ

Postdoctoral fellow, division of geriatrics, University of São Paulo Medical School

Staff neurologist at cognitive neurology, neuropsycology and neuropsychiatry department, FLENI

Neurologist, Hospital Clínico San Borja Arriarán

Geriatrician, Mexican Institute of Social Security

Santiago de Chile, Chile

Torreón, Mexico

Providing multidisciplinary dementia care, aiming to diminish the impact of the disease in Chile; implementing integrated interventions for patients and their families, enhancing support networks; collaborating on research and policy advocacy for improved care.

Training physicians, improving dementia care, advocating for global cognitive health equity; developing programs to enhance dementia care skills; advocating for equitable access to diagnosis and treatment; and promoting inclusive policies.

São Paulo, Brazil

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Educating on dementia risk factors, researching modifiable risk factors, and examining the social determinants of brain health and their impact on diverse populations, providing evidence for policy initiatives for dementia prevention.

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Contributing to the area of dementia research, prevention and care in aging adults with Down syndrome, a highly at-risk population for Alzheimer´s disease.

URSZULA SKROBAS

SARA SOLIS

AYDA TEFERA

PREKSHYA THAPA

Clinical neurologist/assistant professor, department of neurology, Independent Public Teaching Hospital No 4/ Medical University of Lublin

Geriatrician, The National Autonomous University of Mexico

Psychiatrist, former director of mental health services, Eka Kotebe General Hospital; mental health advocate; consultant, mental and psychosocial support national technical working group

Senior instructor, department of psychiatric nursing, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

Mexico City, Mexico

Lublin, Poland

Dharan, Nepal

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Collaborating for dementia solutions, improving diagnosis, extending global brain health; conducting clinical trials for innovative treatments; and sharing findings to enhance initiatives.

Fostering an understanding of the needs of environments to become age-friendly and dementia-friendly, and adapting accordingly.

Influencing brain health policy through research and evidence; advocating for quality of care for patients with psychiatric illnesses; developing culturally sensitive screening and diagnostic tools for cognitive impairment; prioritizing resource allocation with data-driven approaches.

Researching the development of culturally tailored interventions to enhance the mental well-being of informal caregivers of dementia patients in Nepal; leading dementia-situational analysis and researching community prevalence studies in Nepal.

ANÍBAL GUTIÉRREZ TORRES

HASAN ARMAĞAN UYSAL

AGATHE VRILLON

SALLY YALLEY

Assistant professor, School of Medicine, Izmir University of Economics; and actor and director

Neurologist, Centre de Neurologie Cognitive, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris; researcher in therapeutic optimization in neuropsychopharmacology

Medical doctor, University of Ghana Medical Centre

Geriatrician Mexico City, Mexico

Izmir, Turkey

Accra, Ghana

Paris, France

Caring for older patients with multiple co-morbidities, including different dementias, and striving to implement change to end inequities in public health care systems.

Merging art and medicine, conveying dementia care through theater and cinema, incorporating artificial intelligence (AI); using creative mediums to raise awareness and promote understanding; developing innovative dementia care with AI and technology.

Generalizing early diagnosis, validating novel biomarkers and improving dementia care access; developing tools to enhance early dementia detection; multimodal biomarker approach; collaborating on research to improve dementia care access for all communities.

Promoting dementiafriendly communities in Ghana through community awareness and advocacy, training of health workers in dementia diagnosis and care, and supporting informal caregivers with education on providing dignified care.

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Combating health disparities and promoting equity.

BASED AT THE FITZHUGH MULLAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH WORKFORCE EQUITY

2017 Fellows

MARY AJWANG

SARAH BATTISTICH

BRIGIT M. CARTER

KENNETH T. JONES

Program officer, UNAIDS

Associate professor of emergency medicine, Bellevue New York University Medical Center

Chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Supervisory program analyst and data lead, VHA Office of Health Equity

New York, United States

Hillsborough, N.C., United States

Washington, D.C., United States

Engaging in advocacy, technical assistance and program coordination to improve public health in Uganda.

Supporting survivors of torture and refugees, advocating and researching the medical and mental health effects of immigration, and looking for new collaborations and vistas.

Leading efforts that increase understanding and dismantle the historical and current system structures that are barriers to higher education and inclusive practices within those institutions.

Advising on quantitative data and other measures to better understand and address health equity issues for veterans.

THOMAS MERRILL

SCOTT NASS

TOYESE OYEYEMI

Nursing student, Duke University

Regional medical director, Aledade

MARÍA PORTELA MARTÍNEZ

Durham, N.C., United States

Palm Springs, Calif., United States

Executive director, Social Mission Alliance

Kampala, Uganda

Capitol Heights, Md., United States

Chief of the family medicine section, George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates Bethesda, Md., United States

Integrating data and information from clinical, socioeconomic and environmental sources to advance evidence-based practices that optimize outcomes and address inequities.

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Partnering through telehealth with individuals living medically and socially complex lives to help them navigate the challenges of their health and the health care system.

Leading strategies and community to advance social mission across the training programs and institutions educating and deploying the U.S. health workforce.

Leading efforts to re-envision primary care training focused on transforming health care delivery systems aimed at improving access, quality of care and cost effectiveness for vulnerable populations.

CAROLINE MAE “GINGER” RAMIREZ

NEHA RAYKAR

ZULAYKA SANTIAGO

SARA SELIG

Associate director, IDinsight

Physician and mental health advocate

New Delhi, India

Founder and creative director, Libélula Consulting

Associate physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Durham, N.C., United States

Boston, United States

Supporting Indigenous communities and city, county and state COVID-19 responses with Partners In Health to implement equitable pandemic responses as well as stronger public health systems.

Taguig City, Philippines

Enhancing mental health service delivery by providing equitable policies grounded in human rights.

Leading research and monitoring and evaluation of maternal and child health interventions in India to assess whether rural public health interventions are delivered effectively and equitably.

Providing inspiration, instigation and support for projects, organizations and foundations focused on equity, social justice and authentic community engagement.

JOEDRECKA S. BROWN SPEIGHTS

CARLA A. ARENA VENTURA

YVONNE YIU

Full professor, College of Nursing, University of São Paulo

Health systems specialist, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Ribeirão Preto / São Paulo, Brazil

Irvine, Calif., United States

Teaching on global health and human rights, the right to health, mental health and the social determinants of health; and coordinating interdisciplinary and international research on these themes.

Providing subject matter expertise to support clinical growth among Veteran Affairs hospitals in California, Arizona and New Mexico.

Professor and chair of family medicine and rural health, College of Medicine, Florida State University Tallahassee, Fla., United States

Leading in family medicine and rural health to promote health equity for underrepresented communities and champion well-being globally via partnership, engagement, primary care, research and education.

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2018 Fellows

The 2024 Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity cohort participate in a site visit at Children’s National THEARC during the 2024 Initial Convening in Washington, D.C. Credit: Abby Greenawalt.

AMANDA BROSNAN

LESFORD H. DUNCAN

ANGELA T. ECHIVERRI

SARAH M. HOOPER

Assistant professor, University of North Texas Health Science Center

Executive director, Outdoor Foundation

Saginaw, Texas, United States

Atlanta, United States

Family and community medicine physician, Contra Costa Health Services; core faculty, Contra Costa Family Medicine Residency Program

Executive director and professor of practice, UCSF/ UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy, UC Hastings College of Law

San Francisco, United States

San Francisco, United States

Bringing a radical love, tender heart and strident values to reimagine and cultivate spaces of belonging where we can collectively heal, dismantle racism and oppression, and manifest equity and justice.

Developing medical-legal collaborations in education, research and clinical service that advance equity in the care of older adults.

Practicing health care in a local public health department, working primarily in infectious disease management. Serving patients and the community, advocating for health equity for all.

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Introducing at-risk, underrepresented and system-involved youth to the transformative and healing power of the outdoors.

JAMES HUANG

V. KAI KENNEDY

JONATAN KONFINO

ANJALI SINGH KULKARNI

Director of student health services, Gallaudet University

Vice chair of equity and associate professor, University of California, San Francisco

Secretary of health, Municipality of Quilmes

Public health specialist and adjunct associate professor, Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi, Public Health Foundation of India

Washington, D.C., United States

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Oakland, Calif., United States

New Delhi, India

Providing patientcentered primary care to multicultural, urban underserved patients, including Deaf adults and children. Implementing “food as medicine” programs.

Challenging the status quo of health care, developing curricula for equity-focused health professions, and pursuing healthier societies.

Living to pursue health equity and social justice in Argentina. Working every day to contribute toward guaranteeing health as a human right.

Working with a keen interest in reproductive and child health, adolescent health, health communications, health equity, and advocacy and policy.

DEBORRAH G. LIAO

JORDI LUKE

EMILY MACDONALD

CHRISTINA T. ROSENTHAL

Municipal health officer, Gamay Rural Health Unit

Chief executive officer, Haus of Transcendent

Director, business operations, Erie Family Health Centers

Founder, Determined to be a Doctor Someday

Gamay, Northern Samar, Philippines

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Chicago, United States

Collierville, Tenn., United States

Leading the primary health care program that will ensure provision of quality, accessible, affordable and equitable health care to rural communities in the Philippines.

Supporting global LGBTQ+ leaders, championing health equity in government programs and funding opportunities, and curating fashion art that expands society’s understanding on gender diversity.

Strengthening clinical operations to optimize health outcomes and workforce development at a federally qualified health center that provides care in underresourced communities in Chicago.

Practicing general dentistry, directing a youth nonprofit organization to develop a generation of health care leaders to care for underresourced communities, and writing children’s books to inspire.

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2018 Fellows

ZEINA SALIBA

STEPHEN SEVALIE

TYLER SPENCER

Inpatient medical director, psychiatric and behavioral health services, George Washington University Hospital

Commanding officer of the Joint Medical Unit, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces

Founder, Grassroots Health Mexico City, Mexico

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Washington, D.C., United States

Improving health care access and quality across multiple domains by overseeing consultation and inpatient psychiatric services. Working to decrease stigma in mental health and caring for marginalized populations.

Leading medical services for the Sierra Leone army and clinical services to protect against COVID-19.

Developing a strategy for reforming school-based health and physical activity in U.S. schools.

Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity from across cohorts visit Finca Marta as part of a program convening in Havana, Cuba. Credit: Caroline Mae “Ginger” Ramirez.

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2019 FELLOWS

ADEKEMI KIKELOMO ADENIYAN Founder and executive director, Dentalcare Foundation

ALAQ AL-MUWALI

ADRIAN N. BILLINGS

Policy and campaigns officer, Health Poverty Action

Associate academic dean of rural health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Permian Basin

London, England

Ado Ekiti, Nigeria

ESPERANZA FELICIDAD CANTÚ Director of health initiatives, United Way for Southeastern Michigan

Alpine, Texas, United States

Detroit, United States

Leading oral health advocacy and breaking down barriers to oral health for underserved communities to ensure equitable access for all in Nigeria.

Working toward health systems strengthening and inclusivity in Iraq and the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region.

Researching health workforce programs to enable more health career students to choose a career caring for patients who otherwise might not receive health care.

Partnering across community and health to develop a network and infrastructure to share data, collaborate on care management, and build a proactive and equitable care system that meets people’s needs.

ESNATT GONDWEMATEKESA

RAZEL NIKKA M. HAO

ARTANESHA L. JACKSON

Regional director, Cagayan Valley Center for Health Development (Region 2), Department of Health, Philippines

FINDconnect program manager, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital

DANIELLE WOODHOUSE JOHNSON

Malawi program manager, Give Directly Zomba, Malawi

Leading in the field of social cash transfers to combat social inequities as the Malawi program manager for Give Directly, an organization that focuses on social cash transfers.

Founder, The Oasis Alliance

Oakland, Calif., United States

Washington, D.C., United States

Improving access to resources addressing social determinants of health to eliminate health disparities among adolescents with complex trauma in Oakland.

Improving the lives of trauma survivors by co-creating personal spaces that promote mental health and well-being.

Quezon City, Philippines

Leading policy and planning for COVID-19 and vaccination program policies, and health systems integration standards for disease prevention and control for universal health care.

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2019 Fellows

ANNE LAUX

JESSICA MILBERG-HAYDU

SHUBHA NAGESH

Peace officer training compliance officer, Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission, Ohio Attorney General’s Office

Director, national office emergency preparedness, Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Chapter development manager - Asia-Pacific & Middle-East, Women in Global Health

Los Angeles, United States

Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Silver Spring, Md., United States

Researching the availability and accessibility of mental health wellness services for law enforcement officers in Ohio, and developing a resource guide for creating and funding wellness bureaus.

Planning and building relationships at the intersection of public health and emergency management to nurture more equitable, prepared and resilient organizations and communities.

Leading gender equality and developing women in leadership, as the chapter development manager, AsiaPacific & Middle East at Women in Global Health.

Developing policies and strategies, researching, writing opinion pieces, advocating for universal health care, decolonizing global health, mentoring and connecting social issues to health care.

MONALISA PADHEE

BRANDI M. PAYTON

LINDSEY POLLACZEK

HOPE ELIZABETH RHODES

Program head, Women Wellness Initiative, Barefoot College

Clinic administrator, Cherokee Nation Cooweescoowee Health Center

Vice president of programs, Fistula Foundation

Medical director, Children’s Health Center-THEARC, Children’s National Hospital

Brecksville, Ohio, United States

Harmara, Rajasthan, India

El Cerrito, Calif., United States

Owasso, Okla., United States

Enabling grassroots leaders to disseminate health information and services by creating inclusive and interactive tools, alongside implementing community codesigned and co-led health initiatives.

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Leading efforts to re-envision primary care training that focuses on the integration of behavioral health into primary care.

IFEANYI MCWILLIAMS NSOFOR Physician and health policy advocate, Upswell LLC

Washington, D.C., United States

Leading comprehensive programming and teams to improve capacity for obstetric fistula treatment and eradication, in collaboration with partners in more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia.

Developing pediatric community-based initiatives in concert with community partners, fundraising and grant writing, leveraging voices of teens and young adults to inform health care.

2020 FELLOWS

ELIZA SQUIBB

BILAL ASIM

MONIQUE E. BROWN

SHUBHAM CHOUDHARY

Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Head of business planning & development, Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences

Founder and principal consultant, Well Placed LLC

Founder and chief executive officer, Safe Access Project

New Orleans, United States

New Delhi, India

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Lahore, Pakistan

Collaborating with artists and artisans worldwide to create culturally contextualized patient education tools to improve information equity and health literacy among lowresource populations.

Leading image building, communication, community health awareness, fundraising and donor relations and corporate services functions of a notfor-profit academic-medical institution.

Creating healthy places and supporting equitable community development that ensure the health and wellbeing of all.

Building an ecosystem to advance equitable health care for the LGBTQ community in India through education, advocacy and community organizing.

ELLIOT KORANTENG TANNOR

ABRAHAM L. B. FREEMAN

HYELADZIRA D. GARNVWA

KEVIN HECKMAN

Founder, Environmental Rescue Initiative

Senior adviser, ThinkWell Global

Director of product development, American Medical Association

Senior lecturer and consultant nephrologist, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Abuja, Nigeria

Monrovia, Liberia

Geneva, Ill., United States

Kumasi, Ghana

Promoting kidney health in Ghana and beyond, leading Kidney Health International, researching into kidney disease and championing health equity in the management of kidney diseases globally.

Engaging underserved communities to recognize environmental determinants of health and health equity.

Adopting innovations that lead to improvement in plastic waste management in Liberia.

Promoting high quality and equitable access, and the delivery of primary health care, through developing strategic actions and using evidence to shape national policy.

Identifying and disseminating innovative approaches to U.S. medical schools, including new approaches to recruitment, admissions and retention to build a more representative physician workforce.

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2020 Fellows

LIAM C. HEIN

GABRIELLE JACKSON

GILBERTO LOPEZ

MEDHA D. MAKHLOUF

Associate professor, College of Nursing, University of South Carolina

Founder & psychotherapist, Diasporic Healing LLC

Assistant professor, University of Arizona

National Harbor, Md., United States

Union City, Ariz., United States

Elsie de R. and Samuel P. Orlando Distinguished Professor; director, Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic, Penn State Dickinson Law

Columbia, S.C., United States

Carlisle, Pa., United States

Working toward social justice and health equity for LGBTQ individuals and the community through education, research and health policy.

Increasing accessibility to mental health support through the creation of community spaces and recruitment, training and development of Black immigrants to be community wellness facilitators.

Researching and developing interventions to reduce health inequities.

Researching legal and policy issues at the intersection of U.S. health law and immigration law. Advocating for equitable access to health care. Preparing law students to work for health justice.

MAUREEN MILANGA

BERTRAND MOSES

SYED MUSTAFA H. NADIR

ROSE MARY NAKAME

Director of international policy and advocacy, Health Global Access Project (GAP)

Mental health and psychosocial support specialist, UNICEF Eastern Caribbean

Co-founder and chief executive officer, Creative Frontiers

Executive director and founder, REMI East Africa

Cookeville, Tenn., United States

Kampala, Uganda

Nairobi, Kenya

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Advocating for increased access to high-quality HIV treatment, policies and science in collaboration with communities of people living with HIV and key populations.

Developing national child/ youth-related policies, programs, strategies and communication campaigns to promote protection, well-being and holistic development. Promoting mental health/gender equity.

Leading a creative company focused on behavior change to reach underserved communities with effective health messaging that is entertaining, culturally relevant and informative.

Using diverse tailored approaches ranging from research, innovation, grant advising, advocacy and policy toward attainment of health equity, gender equality and sustainable development.

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MILDRED OMINO

NKEMAKOLEM OSIAN

ELENA RIVERA

PETER GAN KIM SOON

Administrator, University of Nairobi

Public health analyst, Health Resources and Services Administration (U.S.)

Senior consultant, Rede Group

Epidemiology and medical officer of health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Nairobi, Kenya

Portland, Ore., United States

Rockville, Md., United States

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Advocating for the sexual and reproductive health rights of girls and women with disabilities in Kenya.

Leading efforts to strengthen care coordination strategies to improve access, delivery, and quality of treatment and care in rural communities.

Advocating to improve child health by testing innovative community and state solutions, centering equity and anti-racism, and cocreating policy and systems change.

MEGAN L. SRINIVAS

LINDSLEY JEREMIAH VILLARANTE

BRAM P. WISPELWEY

Infectious disease physician, clinical instructor and translational health policy research fellow, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States

Using politics and policy to improve health care access in rural U.S. Researching social innovation for sexual and reproductive health in resource-limited settings globally.

Division chief, Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau, Department of Health, Philippines

Bridging health care, research and policy with public health by disrupting the system responsibly for a sustainable and equitable future. Providing essential primary care to vulnerable populations.

Associate physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, United States

Muntinlupa, Philippines

Improving the Philippine health system through the development and advocacy of legislation that enables a productive, resilient, equitable and peoplecentered health system for universal health care.

Developing solutions to tackle institutional racism in hospital access; leading a community health program in Palestinian refugee camps; and refining public health approaches to COVID-19.

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2021 Fellows

The 2023 Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity cohort visited community health workers as part of the Mid-Year Convening, hosted by the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. Credit: Alain Patrick Irene Hirwa.

MUHAMMAD SADDIQ AHMAD Founder and chief executive officer, Rural Health Mission Nigeria

ZAHRAA AL-SARRAF

SARA LAVINIA BRAIR

KATE DAUGHERTY

Civic engagement supervisor, War Child UK

Director general, White Nile State

Director, community resource corps, Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service, City of Philadelphia

Khartoum, Sudan

Baghdad, Iraq

Gombe, Nigeria

Focusing on eliminating barriers to quality health care access in hard-toreach and underserved communities in Nigeria.

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Philadelphia, United States

Working to design projects that promote health and well-being as well as raise awareness of harmful practices against women’s and girls’ health.

Strengthening primary health care by addressing social inequalities affecting access to health care in rural areas and refugee camps.

Combining key tools from transitional justice and conflict resolution with trauma-informed practices to help communities reconnect and heal from violence.

PEDRO DELGADO

PRATIKSHA DHUNGANA

REGINA DUPERVAL

QUSAI HAMMOURI

Vice president, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Dental surgeon, Nyaya Health Nepal

Clinical assistant professor, NYU Langone

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Achham, Nepal

Fellow in metabolism and pediatric endocrinology, Montreal Children’s Hospital

Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

Montreal, Canada

Leading key senior relationships and the design and implementation of large-scale, health-system improvement efforts and networks globally.

Promoting oral health and nutrition, and supporting programs that work with underserved and marginalized populations.

Targeting individual needs, so all patients can reach their best health whatever their socioeconomic status.

Improving access to care for minorities and developing systems to build surgical programs.

SCOTT HOWELL

BRENDA HUGHES

SHANNON JORDAN

PAIGE KNOWLSON

Associate professor and director of public health dentistry and teledentistry, A.T. Still University

Community engagement manager, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Program analyst, U.S. Veterans Health Administration, VHA Office of Health Equity

Executive director, Pattison’s Academy

Phoenix, United States

Walterboro, S.C., United States

Washington, D.C., United States

Developing and implementing non-traditional health care delivery models to decrease and eliminate barriers to care.

Developing community coalitions, building sustainable communities and addressing root causes of health inequities.

Improving workforce diversity, cultural competency and minority staff pipelines at the Veterans Health Administration.

Charleston, S.C., United States

Building collaborative, interdisciplinary teams, programs and communities to promote childhood health and development.

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2021 Fellows

NAGLAA FATHY LITHY

MARX ITABELO LWABANYA

ANA ORTEGA

OSCAR RAMÍREZ

OSRA program manager, Egyptian Red Crescent

Medical director

Mental health coordinator, Partners in Health/Compañeros en Salud

Industrial engineer, Partners in Health/Compañeros en Salud

Angel Albino Corzo, Mexico

Lima, Peru

Creating comprehensive responses to tuberculosis, with a focus on human rights, gender rights and vulnerable populations.

Giza, Egypt

Nundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Building capacity for young health care stakeholders to be “champions of change” for health awareness and equity using “gamification.”

Improving neonatal, maternal and newborn health in settings with limited resources and poor communities.

Co-creating “women’s circles” with community health workers and training them to facilitate groups that will provide mental health care with a gender lens.

HAYDEÉ RUMALDO

AKSHITA SIDDULA

CLAIRE THOMAS

Child health program coordinator, Partners in Health/ Socios en Salud

Executive director, The Sixth Branch

Senior program manager, Vizient

Baltimore, Md., United States

New Orleans, United States

Addressing food insecurity by cultivating resilient local food systems and fostering collaborative coalitions for sustainable change.

Working with community members to design and implement innovative solutions for more inclusive economic systems in community development.

Lima, Peru

Developing strategies with a comprehensive approach to ensure health care for caregivers and children, promoting early childhood development in Peru.

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2023 FELLOWS

GLORIA ANNETTE AGUIRRE

RANA AL QAWASMI

SAGAL ALI

GEMINN LOUIS APOSTOL

Program manager for community outreach, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Memory and Aging Center

Health systems strengthening consultant, Stability, Services and Reform Program

Capability manager, UnitedHealth Group

Chief environmental health specialist, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health Center for Research and Innovation

Jerusalem, Palestine

Greater Minneapolis, Minn., United States

San Francisco, United States

Metro Manila, Philippines

Advocating for long-term investments to improve health literacy and access to care in often marginalized communities.

Strengthening and developing health care status and services for Palestinians through policies, despite political and social barriers.

Identifying and advancing health equity initiatives across products and services at UnitedHealth Group.

Generating evidence and translating it to policy, programs and innovations that protect the health of our planet and its people.

Bringing environmental health science and technology to the hands of Filipinos, where it should be.

CHRISTY ADEOLA BRAHAM

SARAH CHAMBERS

Workers’ health coordinator, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing

Integrated medicine-licensed clinical social worker, Northwestern Medicine

RIDWAN KARIM DINI-OSMAN

BELAYNEW ADUGNA ENDESHAW

Brussels, Belgium

Chicago, United States

Broadcast journalist and news anchor, GHOne TV, Excellence in Broadcasting Network

Lecturer, Bahir Dar University College of Medicine and Health Sciences

Accra, Ghana

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Reporting on science, global health inequities, racism and sustainable development.

Researching and leading projects to target lifelimiting disparities and inequity of rehabilitation services in Ethiopia.

Addressing the health needs of his community through integrating Indigenous knowledge and local wisdom with scientific bases.

Leading research, movement building and advocacy on health justice for informal and migrant workers at the global level.

Integrating health care for the co-management of disease through multidisciplinary education and the development of shared clinical pathways to target complex factors contributing to health disparities.

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2023 Fellows

GULNAR FEERASTA

NICHOLAS GRANT

SHATYAM ISSUR

MAYMUNAH YUSUF KADIRI

Director of programs, LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland

Group psychologist/ lieutenant, U.S. Navy

Director, Collectif Urgence Toxida

Psychiatrist-in-chief, Pinnacle Medical Services

Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Lagos, Nigeria

Cleveland, United States

Building strong support systems while improving the quality of life through long-term policy and social change.

Leading a national U.S.based LGBTQ+ health nonprofit organization, and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within the U.S. Navy health care system focused on improving access to gender-affirming care for active-duty service members.

Focusing on harm reduction, social and mental wellbeing, and HIV prevention and treatment for priority populations (i.e., people who use/inject drugs, sex workers, LGBTQIA+ community and people living with HIV) in Mauritius.

A leading voice in Nigeria on mental health and wellness.

NONSIKELELO MATHE

FELICIA MBURU

DANIEL MISTAK

KUHIKA SETH

Senior projects officer, Physician Learning Program, faculty of medicine and dentistry, University of Alberta

Director, Article 48 Initiative

Acting president and director of health care initiatives for justice-involved populations, Community Oriented Correctional Health Services

Manager, health systems research, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

Nairobi, Kenya

Alberta, Canada

Delhi, India

Akron, Ohio, United States

Focusing on understanding the relationships between lifestyle and risk for chronic diseases, such as diabetes.

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Pursuing the rights of persons with disabilities to live and be included in the community on an equal basis with others.

Developing and implementing policies to improve connections between community and correctional health systems. Improving community behavioral health systems to reduce the role of the criminal justice system for people with unmet mental health needs.

Working on improving the sexual and reproductive health of young girls and women.

ANTHONIKA TITUS

ZULEMA GARCÍA ULLOA

General manager and medical director, God’s Littlest Angels

Pediatrician and clinical coordinator of a pediatric palliative care program

Petion-Ville, Haiti

Building systems to achieve great results while empowering her compatriots for the good of the community.

MELIKTE PAULOS WELDETENSAYE Founder and executive director, ZuZu for Health and Education

Guadalajara , Mexico

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Providing comprehensive pediatric care and developing community-based palliative care programs for children and adolescents living with life-limiting conditions, to improve their quality of life and to advance pediatric palliative care in Mexico.

Designing various projects and teaching manuals that promote mental health for women and youth, as well as audio educational materials for blind and visually impaired students.

Caroline Mae “Ginger” Ramirez speaking at the Global Atlantic Fellows Advisory Group gathering at Rhodes House, Oxford, in February 2024. Credit: Lee Atherton.

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ZAKI ABATE

SAMUEL AKUFFO

ODUR ANTHONY

GLADYS ARIAS

Physician and technical adviser, USAID-Digital Health Activity

Global fulfillment operations lead, Zipline Ghana

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Accra, Ghana

Lawyer and team leader, Health Equity and Policy Initiative (HEAPI)

Principal for health equity policy analysis and legislative support, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)

Lira, Uganda

Los Angeles, United States

Leveraging expertise in medicine and health technology to enhance patient access to quality care through optimal use of digital solutions.

Bridging the commodity access gaps by leading the on-demand distribution and supply optimization of vital health care commodities to hard-to-reach communities within Africa using aerial logistics (drones).

Seeing persons who have been living in the margins of life access health goods and services in public health facilities with dignity and without discrimination.

Making cancer care equity a top priority for lawmakers across all levels of government through advocacy and the implementation of evidencebased public policy change nationwide.

EMILY BARTLETT

NYABONY GAT

HINA GHOLE

Emergency medicine physician, Gallup Indian Medical Center

Program director, Peer Leader Navigators Program at Alaska Literacy Program

Chief global medical officer, Milvik BIMA

MARIO ALBERTO JIMENEZ RAMIREZ

Gallup, New Mexico, United States

Lahore, Pakistan

Anchorage, Ala., United States

Leading improvements in systems for the delivery of emergency care for underserved communities, with a focus on addressing social determinants of health and providing equitable care for vulnerable populations.

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Building stronger partnerships and inclusive entry points to service providers for those experiencing social barriers and career limitations through education, training and centralized platforms.

Senior country manager, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Geneva, Switzerland

Driving forward health equity, particularly for underprivileged women, and innovating solutions to enhance health care access and quality.

Leading the management of Gavi investments in immunization and health systems strengthening in Mozambique toward protecting children against vaccine preventable diseases.

SALIMA KHOWAJA Nursing lecturer practitioner, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre Lahore, Pakistan

JAN AURA LAURELLE LLEVADO Chief of the cancer control and mental health divisions, Department of Health

CAROL MANYELE

JASMINE MARINGMEI

Monitoring and evaluation manager, Grassroot Soccer Zambia

Policy analyst, International Aids Vaccine Initiative

Lusaka, Zambia

New Delhi, India

Taguig City, Philippines

Working on developing community-based health education interventions while engaging and empowering the community’s local capacity and researching the effectiveness of nurseled interventions in the management of cancer patients.

Developing national policies and programs to improve Filipinos’ access to cancer prevention and control and mental health care services.

Breaking down barriers around health equity for adolescents and young people in Zambia.

Leading the in-depth policy analysis of three specific disease domains: stunting in children under five, COVID-19 vaccine access and anemia across cycles.

AOIFE MOLLOY

JOSE ALBERTO PLASCENCIA JIMENEZ

RACHEL WATKINS

AZUA WILFRED

Nursing director, MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Medical doctor, Reachout NGO

Senior clinical adviser for health care inequalities improvement and a doctor in infectious diseases, NHS England and Royal Free Hospital London London, England

Bringing national policy aspirations to patient care in a busy urban hospital to develop a blueprint for improving equality and equity in health care, making every contact count to achieve zero health gaps.

Policy data and epidemiological analyst, Consejo Estatal Para la Prevencion del VIH/SIDA

Bamenda, Cameroon

Upper Marlboro, Md., United States

New York, United States

Building evidence-based health care policies that put people at the center, prioritizing cultural sensitivity and epistemic justice, with the goal of creating more equal health systems for all.

Ensuring the delivery of quality patient care by overseeing the operational and clinical performance of inpatient units at a hospital that serves Washington, D.C., the community and surrounding areas.

Working with Reachout NGO, focused on reducing health inequities by providing health care services to vulnerable communities in Cameroon.

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Creating a community for health equity in Southeast Asia.

BASED AT THE EQUITY INITIATIVE AT CMB FOUNDATION

2016 Fellows

TIM AYE-HARDY

LIU CHENHUI

CHHORVANN CHHEA

NGUYEN THU HA

Co-founder and executive director, myME: Myanmar Mobile Education Project

Chief executive officer, FamilyDoc Medical Technology Co. Ltd.

Director, National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health

Beijing, China

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Executive director and morning news producer, Vietnam National Television

Yangon, Myanmar

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Providing education via mobile classrooms to children in Myanmar who are in indentured servitude at tea-shop restaurants.

Working to develop policies and strategies to address inclusivity and equity in education.

Advancing the use of mobile technology to help 1.5 million doctors deliver high-quality primary care for everyone, anytime, anywhere across China.

Leading research into maternal and child health, and the health system in Cambodia. Leading in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Working to develop a national health management and leadership training curriculum.

Overseeing content development for national television on social issues, including gender and domestic violence, women’s health and HIV/AIDS.

CHALERMSAK KITTITRAKUL

JEREMY LIM

HOANG VAN MINH

PHAM KIEU OANH

Partner, Oliver Wyman; co-founder and chief executive officer, AMiLi

Vice rector and director, Center for Population, Hanoi University of Public Health

Founder and chief executive officer, Center for Social Initiatives Promotion

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Publishing widely in scientific journals; undertaking research studies on health and health care in Viet Nam on topics including the social determinants of health, noncommunicable diseases and universal health coverage.

Incubating and accelerating over 300 social enterprises and social impact businesses.

Undertaking research and advocating for a social enterprise legal framework.

Facilitating social impact investment and impact measurement.

Coordinator for the Access to Medicines Campaign, AIDS Access Foundation

Singapore, Singapore

Bangkok, Thailand

Working to ensure that policies on the promotion of access to treatment for HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are developed and implemented effectively and systematically.

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Working on increasing the use of technology to improve health equity and access to care.

NATALIE PHAHOLYOTHIN

SOULIVANH PHOLSENA

NICOLA POCOCK

JIRUTH SRIRATANABAN

Chief executive officer, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Thailand

Chief physician, Lao Medical Care Center

Bangkok, Thailand

Ban Phonxay, Xaysetha District, Laos

Research consultant and honorary assistant professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Director, Thailand Research Center for Health Service Systems, Chulalongkorn University

London, England

Bangkok, Thailand

Focusing on health service systems in Thailand, including universal coverage, quality management, health sector financing and health security schemes. Also working to promote equity and quality in education.

Leading the organization toward conservation excellence and efficiency.

Protecting biodiversity and preserving its habitats, combating illegal wildlife trade and implementing plastic pollution reduction programs in major coastal cities.

Strengthening primary health care by focusing on the community-based health service through private sector involvement. Running two community medical centers providing over 100,000 outpatient visits a year.

Working on the prevalence and measurement of child labor, especially hazardous work. Evaluating complex social interventions with working children.

NILA TANZIL

PHAN THI THUY TRAM

SI ZHANJIE

Founder and chief executive officer, Travel Sparks; founder and chief executive officer of Taman Bacaan Pelangi

Deputy director general, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam

Director, Aizhen Yunnan, China

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Jakarta, Indonesia

Nurturing children’s habit of reading and improving their literacy skills in remote areas of eastern Indonesia. Set up over 200 school libraries, trained thousands of local teachers and provide scholarship for underprivileged girls.

Practicing social justice through ideas and the implementation of the Community Development Program and the White Cane Initiative for the Blind in Viet Nam.

Addressing the psychological, physical, social and economic problems of people affected by leprosy in China.

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2017 Fellows

NGUYEN THI LAN ANH Founder and director, Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC); board member, Vietnamese Federation on Disabilities

BENJAMIN LAWRENCE PATRICK E. ARITAO Director of prosecution and aftercare, Center to End Online Sexual Exploitation of Children, International Justice Mission

LYNNA CHANDRA

DO THUY DUONG

Ashoka Fellow; founder and trustee, Rachel House children’s hospice

Chief executive officer and founder, TalentPool Hanoi, Viet Nam

Singapore, Singapore

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Calamba, Philippines

Empowering communities of people with disabilities (PWD). Having advocated the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Vietnamese policies on PWD, she is actively monitoring its implementation.

Rescuing victims of trafficking from places of exploitation and using lessons from casework to find system remedies.

Bringing humanity to medicine with compassionate and excellent care for all, having founded the first pediatric palliative care service in Indonesia.

Designing and implementing leadership development programs to enhance the quality of women’s lives.

WAI WAI HAN

ARIEL CARINGAL HERNANDEZ

BEVERLY LORRAINE HO

CHANNÉ SUY LAN Co-founder, Kawsang

School director, Global Mindanaw Polytechnic

Adjunct faculty, University of the Philippines National Institutes of Health

Yangon, Myanmar

Northern Mindanao, Philippines

Manila, Philippines

Networking and developing grassroots civil society organizations and local groups. Wai has a medical background with particular expertise in social justice issues especially relating to drugs policy.

Combating rural poverty and promoting equity-based development and sustainable peace.

Helping put into operation the mandate of the Universal Health Care Act in the Philippines, ensuring all Filipinos are health literate and have healthy living and working conditions.

Senior research, evaluation and learning manager, Save the Children International, Myanmar

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Working with local communities to co-create innovative solutions focusing on public health and economic development.

SANTI LAPBENJAKUL

THARANI LOGANATHAN

PAN MYAT MON

SHI NAN

Director, Lamsonthi Hospital

Public health medicine specialist and associate professor of global health, faculty of medicine, University of Malaya

Country program manager, Australian Volunteers (Myanmar)

Lecturer, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University

Yangon, Myanmar

Beijing, China

Lopburi, Thailand

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Working with the government to train caregivers and redirect health care resources toward home care.

Researching health care access and social protection for marginalized populations, including migrant, refugee, stateless and Indigenous populations.

Helping bring a sustainable social and development change in Myanmar.

Focusing on health, food and drug safety across China.

SOMPORN “NUI” PENGKAM

ALAY PHONVISAY

Founder and director, Community Health Impact Assessment Platform in Southeast Asia

Associate professor, faculty of economic and business management

KANAPON “TUM” PHUMRATPRAPIN

SATIRIANTINAH “SATI” BUR RASUANTO

Chief executive officer and co-founder, Health at Home

Co-founder and president, VIDA Digital Identity

Bangkok, Thailand

Vientiane, Laos

Bangkok, Thailand

Jakarta, Indonesia

Leading efforts to empower communities to carry out health impact assessments to encourage them to negotiate with policymakers, with a focus on mining and coalfired power plants.

Conducting research across multiple disciplines, with a particular focus on health and economic-development issues to enhance equity.

Combining expertise in geriatric medicine with a passion for home health care technology to serve Thailand’s growing elderly population.

Enabling digital trust and catalyzing financial inclusion through VIDA, a digital identity network that makes it easy and safe for anyone to prove they are who they say they are when transacting and interacting online

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2017 Fellows

DENG RUI “RITA”

LUONG THE-HUY

Associate professor, School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University

Director, iSEE Institute Hanoi, Viet Nam

Kunming, Yunnan, China

Teaching students and conducting research that contributes to the improvement of health for ethnic minorities, especially women and young girls.

Advocating for LGBTI in Viet Nam, focusing on raising public awareness, legal advocacy for lawmakers, media and youth and the public and private sectors.

The 2023 Annual Forum at which Atlantic Fellows mark the completion of their program. Credit: Kim Cruz.

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2018 FELLOWS

HOANG TU ANH Founding member and director, Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population Hanoi, Viet Nam

ABELARDO APOLLO DAVID JR.

ABDEL JAMAL DISANGCOPAN

NUR KHAULAH FADZIL

Founder/CEO, REACH Foundation Inc., Independent Living Learning Centre Inc. and Academia Progresiva de Manila Inc.

Director II, Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament

Health field officer, International Committee of the Red Cross Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cotabato City, Philippines

Manila, Philippines

Empowering vulnerable and disadvantaged communities and enhancing state accountability.

Facilitating multisectoral collaboration in advancing community and schoolbased access to quality and inclusive health and education resources, and therapy that equip families and children of all abilities and needs for life.

Strengthening institutional and human resource capacities at the Bangsamoro Parliament in post-conflict, transition government, by establishing robust systems and procedures that align with the achievement of a peace agreement.

Focusing on health care in detention and health policy for refugees.

JIANG FAN

SOPHIA BENEDICTA HAGE

HAN WIN HTAT

XU JIN

Vice chancellor, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Clinic director and sports medicine doctor, Royal Sports Performance Center

Executive director, Sun Community Health

Lecturer, Center for Health Development Studies, Peking University

Shanghai, China

Jakarta, Indonesia

Researching social and environmental change and child health; and taking part in a national, large-scale early child development intervention program in Shanghai and rural western China.

Focusing on health care for athletes and sports enthusiasts, as well as increasing the quality of life through exercise for people of all ages.

Yangon, Myanmar

Beijing, China

Strengthening health systems to tackle health and social inequity issues for the poor and vulnerable populations, through strategic purchasing of primary health care services to improve quality, efficiency and equity in the non-public health sector.

Working to bring greater recognition to the importance and feasibility of reducing health inequities and facilitating China’s contribution to global health equity.

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2018 Fellows

NORAIDA ABDULLAH KARIM

NGUYEN THI THAI LAN

Director, Mindanao Program, Community and Family Services International

Vice dean, faculty of sociology; lecturer in social work, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Viet Nam National University

Cotabato City, Philippines

BORWORNSOM “ACK” LEERAPAN

BAWI MANG LIAN

Associate professor, Ramathibodi Medical School, Mahidol University

Medical officer, national health plan implementation monitoring unit, Ministry of Health and Sports, Myanmar

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Bangkok, Thailand

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Working to improve the resilience of internally displaced persons; training para-social workers to serve as a social service catalyst in Bangsamoro communities; and facilitating training in mental health and psychosocial support.

Creating change through supporting access to health and social services for vulnerable and disadvantaged populations, such as children in special circumstances, persons with disabilities, HIV/AIDs patients, LGBIQI and other marginalized groups.

Applying systems thinking to address complex issues of health systems, such as the governance of univeral health care, community-based health interventions, strategic health workforce planning and decision support tools.

Focusing on monitoring Myanmar’s national health plan toward improving the allocation of health resources in Myanmar, especially the distribution of health facilities.

ELISABETH LISTYANI

KOUNG LO

SHARON LOW

TIARA MARTHIAS

Researcher, Center for Policy and Health Management, faculty of medicine, public health and nursing, Gadjah Mada University

Director, Preah Vihear Provincial Health Department

Co-founder and managing partner, The Knowledge House

Preah Vihear, Cambodia

Singapore, Singapore

Senior technical adviser, Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia

Supporting hospitals to improve services in collaboration with local government to strengthen Indonesia’s health system.

Researching the inequitable distributions of hospitals and health services of remote areas in Indonesia.

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Working to improve access to health information and health services, especially for remote patient populations.

Spearheaded an initiative to support high-risk pregnant women.

Designing and operationalizing assessment, evaluation and research including the setting up of monitoring systems.

Working to address inequities in reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health through health systems research.

CARMENEZA DOS SANTOS MONTEIRO Strategic policy adviser, Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion, Timor-Leste

NGUYEN TRAN NGUYEN

ANA P. SANTOS

PAIROJ SAONUAM

Official, Office of People’s Committee of Dong Thap Province

Journalist

Deputy chief executive officer, Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth)

Manila, Philippines

Dong Thap, Viet Nam

Bangkok, Thailand

Dili, Timor-Leste

Working toward a just and equal society through fair, inclusive public policy formulation and implementation.

Working to expand health insurance coverage and health service provision, with a focus on the growing elderly population.

Writing about culturally taboo topics, such as sexual and reproductive health, to bridge the gap between vulnerable women in Philippine society and legislators who draft policies that affect their rights.

MAY SRIPATANASKUL

BUI THI THUY

Founder and chief executive officer, LUKKID/Asian Leadership Academy

Head of nursing department, Viet Nam National Children’s Hospital

KOTCHAKORN VORAAKHOM

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Bangkok, Thailand

Developing humancentered work processes that allow people to tackle social challenges through collaboration.

Seeking to empower individuals and organizations for a healthy society and environment.

Founder and chief executive officer, Porous City Network Bangkok, Thailand

Developing training programs and policies to support community health, such as those ensuring patient safety and supporting parents in caring for and understanding their child’s medical care needs.

Working to tackle climate change and increase urban resilience in Thailand and Southeast Asian cities through landscape architecture.

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2019 Fellows

BLANDINA ROSALINA BAIT

GIDEON CAUTON

RENNTA CHRISDIANA

Nutrition specialist, UNICEF Indonesia

Specialist in law enforcement development, Forced Labor Programs in APAC, International Justice Mission

Co-founder, Rumpun Nurani Foundation; chairwoman, Indonesian Family Advocacy Institute

Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines

Leading on the provision of technical and high-level advocacy to the Government of Indonesia to address child wasting, by scaling up the integrated management of acute malnutrition.

Building the capacity of public law enforcement to rescue and protect workers from domestic or crossborder forced labor and labor trafficking

Improving the provision of access and quality health care to individuals and families through collaborative work with providers, health practitioners, government and society.

Innovating local governance in areas of public health, focusing on social determinants such as education, climate change, environmental management, and income and social protection.

LETCHIMI DEVI DORAISAMY

ZHANG KUN

PAUL GIDEON LASCO

Expert associate partner, Mckinsey & Company

Senior lecturer, department of anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman

PHETDAVANH LEUANGVILAY

Kupang, Indonesia

Senior project officer, MY Voice with The Centre for Child Rights and Business

Beijing, China

ALFREDO MATUGAS CORO II Four-time municipal mayor, municipality of Del Carmen, Siargao Islands, Philippines

Technical officer, WHO Health Emergency Program

Manila, Philippines

Vientiane, Laos

Pursuing ethnographic and qualitative research on medical, social and environmental issues relevant to the Philippines and the region. Writing for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and other publications.

Strengthening public health emergency preparedness and response capacity through engaging with stakeholders to implement the national health security plan, ensuring equitable access to health services.

Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Combating forced labor and child labor in the production of Malaysian palm oil and garments, and supporting those exploited by giving them access to remedies.

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Counseling more than 100 senior health care leaders to achieve better, more accessible systems at a lower cost, as a thought leader of China’s health care system transformation and as former chief executive officer of a large hospital group.

PHAN THI NGOC LINH

XIAO LONG

GORIS MUSTAQIM

LE THI NHAT

Chief executive officer, Center for Health Care Improvement Research

Professor and deputy director, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Founder and chief executive officer, Semut Nusantara Consulting; founder, Asgar Muda Foundation

Project manager, International Committee of the Red Cross

Beijing, China

Jakarta, Indonesia

Bringing together all available resources, domestically and internationally, to support the improvement of health care services in Viet Nam.

Helping lead the plastic surgery department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital and supporting a nonprofit, Peking Union Medical Foundation, as a board member.

Building solutions to tackle maternal deaths and stunting, using data analytics. Driving up community empowerment across Indonesia to improve the local economy, a social determinant of health equity.

Aiming to ensure access to quality and affordable physical rehabilitation services for people with disabilities in Viet Nam.

RATAWIT OUAPRACHANON

SEAN SOK PHAY Executive director, Child Helpline Cambodia

PANUSART “MIDNIGHT” POONKASETWATTANA

NATARAJAN RAJARAMAN

Project manager, Peace Resource Collaborative Foundation

Dili, Timor-Leste

Bangkok, Thailand

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Executive director, APCOM Foundation

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Executive director, Maluk Timor

Bangkok, Thailand

Promoting peace, human rights, reconciliation and conflict transformation in Thailand and neighboring countries.

Advocating for laws to protect children from sexual exploitation and fight cybercrime in Cambodia; developing a helpline platform to offer children increased protection and also strengthening a helpline for migrant workers.

Developing a broad range of projects to advance the health, rights and well-being of people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

Strengthening primary health care systems in low-resource settings; focusing on health workforce in education, health facility management, quality improvement and health informatics.

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SAM OEUN SAM

VANNAPHONE SITTHIRATH

KRITAYA SREESUNPAGIT

Managing director, Buddhism for Health

Media consultant, film producer, journalist and co-founder, Lao New Wave Cinema Production

Facilitator and coordinator, Inner Journey and Transformation Game

Takeo Province, Cambodia

Bangkok, Thailand

Vientiane, Laos

RAPEEPONG SUPHANCHAIMAT Senior researcher, International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand Nonthaburi, Thailand

Improving access to quality health care services for the poor and vulnerable.

Strengthening the capacity of local government officials in developing responsive local investment plans and accountability.

Producing socially responsible documentaries of life in Laos and Southeast Asia, with a focus on social, health and environmental issues.

Facilitating selftransformation and well-being using the Transformation Game, brain-based therapy and energy healing. She is coordinating a network of well-being professionals and organizes the Sacred Mountain Festival.

NGUYEN QUÓC THANH

ZHANG YUNTING “EDWINA”

RAUDAH MOHD YUNUS

Artist, curator and founding director, Queer Forever!

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Associate professor, Child Health Advocacy Institute, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center

Researcher, writer and social activist; post-doctoral fellow, Medical College of Wisconsin, U.S. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shanghai, China

Exploring issues of queer aesthetics and activism, working through art and film projects, and exhibitions that are usually collaborative and participatory.

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Establishing an early child development monitoring system, identifying a target population with equity analysis, and carrying out interventions to improve child health and development.

Conducting research and advocating for the rights and protection of older adults, refugees and migrant workers. Currently delving into the intersection between bioscience and theology, and studying end-of-life care among faith minorities in the U.S.

Focusing on research into universal health coverage, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

Researching the health of migrants and vulnerable populations by applying principles of epidemiology and econometrics.

2021 FELLOWS

L-R: Fellows Ei Mon Zaw, Patipat Susumpao, Sabrina Laya Gacad, Yiwei Chen and Adisorn Juntrasook prepare their proposals for their second-year project. Credit: Kim Cruz.

SI THU HTIN AUNG

LE KHAC BAO

CELYN CELYN

Coordinator

Director, Medical Education Center, University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Senior operations manager, Civil Health and Development Network (Karenni State)

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Loikaw, Myanmar

Bangkok, Thailand

Developing high-capacity medical education and improving quality of care at health care centers.

Integrating transformative medical education into medical education reform and building innovative ideas into curriculum development.

Promoting innovative and participatory approaches to improve health access and health equity in hard-toreach communities, with a special focus on women and children.

Pioneering the practices of “Theatre of the Oppressed” in Thailand and developing the capacity of social changemakers and seekers to stand up for social justice.

Yangon, Myanmar

Building networks and developing grassroots civil society organizations and local groups. He has a medical background with particular expertise of social justice issues, especially issues relating to underserved populations.

SORNCHAI CHATWIRIYACHAI Founder and artistic director, Malongdu Theatre

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PIANPORN “PAI” DEETES

JASON JOHN JOYCE

SHERJAN PANGATO KALIM

LESLIE ANN LUCES

Director, Thailand and Myanmar Campaigns, International Rivers

Lawyer and municipal mayor, Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental

Provincial health officer, Aklan Provincial Department of Health

Chiang Rai, Thailand

Davao City, Philippines

Hospital coordinator and blood bank head, Cotabato Regional and Medical Center; lecturer, Islamic Perspective, Mindanao State University

Kalibo, Philippines

Cotabato City, Philippines

Organizing river communities to slow down dam projects that threaten the local ecosystem and the livelihoods of those who depend on the river and its resources.

Improving education and health services delivered to the communities and addressing issues related to HIV, mental health and depression, LGBTQ concerns, safe drinking water and Indigenous people.

Advocating for Ibadahfriendly health facilities and reforming health education through including Islamic concepts. Mobilizing community leadership and bridging social divides to improve health equity.

Advocating for a green and sustainable hospital.

Achieving health equity and improving the overall health of all Akeanons, especially the underprivileged and the vulnerable. Working to develop and maintain a people-centered health system.

ANGGA DWI MARTHA

JOANNE YUEN YIE NGEOW

ALFRISON PALOGA

SARA MARIA PEREIRA

Program management officer, United Nations Youth Office

Associate professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, National Technological University Singapore

Epidemiologist and health quarantine officer, Port Health Office of Jayapura

Grant, compliance and partnerships manager, Association Maluk Timor

Singapore, Singapore

Jayapura, Indonesia

Dili, Timor-Leste

Integrating genomics into routine health care for reducing the burden of chronic diseases and health care costs.

Addressing cross-border health challenges and enhancing the effectiveness of infectious disease prevention.

Supporting the Government of Timor-Leste to strengthen primary health care in Timor-Leste, building partnerships with the Ministry of Health and civil society for health, gender and public policy and education in Timor-Leste.

New York, United States

Driving the implementation of the United Nations youth strategy (Youth2030) worldwide and cultivating a coalition of emerging Indonesian trailblazers committed to championing equity and justice

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THORN PITADOL

NOOR AFFIZAN RAHMAN

RENARD SIEW

PHETDAVANH SIPASEUTH

Lecturer and researcher, faculty of economics, Thammasat University

Medical superintendent and consultant ophthalmologist, Ministry of Health, Brunei

Climate adviser, Center for Governance and Political Studies; adjunct professor, Taylor’s University & UNITAR; supervisor, Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership

Specialist in land tenure rights and natural resources management

Bangkok, Thailand

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

Vientiane, Laos

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Supporting community participation to address social development challenges. Also working to apply social and political economy analysis to promote a more equitable society.

Advocating for equitable policies at the Ministry of Health and working to preserve and restore eyesight.

She is involved in national development, with a focus on cultivating future leaders.

Combating climate change and transforming society toward sustainability.

Striving to find innovative ways to promote more sustainable and equitable opportunities for marginalized communities.

Providing interactive coaching and capacity building for civil society groups on land rights, natural resources and land governance topics.

FRANSISKA FALENTINA SUGI

AMINA EVANGELISTA SWANEPOEL

SOK TENG TAN

TRINH MAI TRANG

Researcher and founder of Yayasan Sejuta Harapan (Hands of Hope), Lopo Belajar Anak Timor

Executive director, Roots of Health

Lecturer, National University of Singapore

Puerto Princesa City, Philippines

Singapore, Singapore

Pianist and founder, wonder research, Practice and Arts Foundation

Empowering women and girls to make informed decisions and advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Researching and teaching social injustice and health equity. Supporting the Rohingya refugee community in Malaysia to address health inequities.

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Kupang, Indonesia

Conducting research into the impacts of climate change.

Supporting the poor and marginalized people in East Nusa Tenggara province to enable them to gain better access to education and health services.

Enabling others to see wonder in the arts and to experience its transformative power, especially through music. Working to promote empathy, and social and cultural understanding, through the power of music.

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VIENGNAKHONE VONGXAY

MARIA SHAIRRA ALYSSA P. BELLO

Public health lecturer and researcher, faculty of public health, University of Health Sciences Vientiane, Laos

NOEL L. BERNARDO

PHAM THI NGOC BICH

Humanitarian physician and public health consultant; director for public health, International SOS

Founder, Slow Food Community in Hanoi; founder/ chief executive officer, MuaVe Collective

Basco, Philippines

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Facilitating communityfocused behavior change, as an applied behavioral scientist, by developing, testing and scaling behavioral interventions in four challenge areas: public health, happiness and kindness, financial inclusion and civic engagement.

Enhancing community health resilience of diverse Indigenous groups in the Pacific region through the implementation of evidencebased, gender-sensitive and culturally responsive public health interventions.

Promoting and advocating good, clean and fair food for all, a food culture exchange and green and open public spaces.

ANAN BOUAPHA

BAMPEN CHAIYARAK

Founder/president, Proud To Be Us Laos

Research coordinator, ecoculture study group

ANH NGUYEN HOANG CHIEU

Vientiane, Laos

Sakonnakhon, Thailand

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Aiming to enable a positive environment for the marginalized community through advocacy as a founder of Proud To Be Us Laos, a LGBTI rights movement.

Implementing a socioecology system and health restoration planning processes and action in communities contaminated by mining pollution, and developing community participation and social engagement.

Working to improve mental health and social connections as a psychological counselor and pioneer educator. She co-founded initiatives for building healthy ecosystems to raise children by creating harmonious relationships between schools and families.

Co-founder and behavioral insights and innovation head, AHA! Behavioral Design Makati, Philippines

Teaching and researching adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and the relationship between health literacy and health-seeking behaviors in adolescents.

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Co-founder, PiSEL

ADA CHIRAPAISARNKUL

DONG DONG

ALISA HASAMOH

CHAN CHI LING

Chief executive officer, TaejaiDotcom; lecturer, Puey Ungphakorn School of Development Studies, Thammasat University

Assistant professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Lecturer, department of social development, Prince of Songkla University; secretary, Deep South Relief and Reconciliation Foundation

Deputy director, Open Government Products, Govtech Singapore

Hong Kong, China

Bangkok, Thailand

Singapore, Singapore

Pattani City, Thailand

Creating a civic technology platform and a community to democratize social changes of the citizens, by the citizens, for the citizens: moving capital toward impact.

Researching public health and well-being through interdisciplinary action; passionate about justice, equity and intersectionality, with a focus on global health and the role of social sciences in this field.

Believing that people should have equal access to medical care and that everyone should be equipped with the knowledge and skills to care for themselves and their families when struck by illness or a disaster situation.

Working at the intersection of health care and technology as a public servant from Singapore, with an interest in advancing equity in Southeast Asia.

NAW PUE PUE MHOTE

ROSADALIMA DEE PANDA Program and core team member of WISE-WASH in Southeast Asia Foundation; founder, Bidara Community

CHANDAVIENG PHIMMAVONG

BENNY PRAWIRA

Deputy director, Burma Medical Association (BMA); coordinator, health information system working group Mae Sot, Thailand

Nagekeo, Indonesia

Vientiane, Laos

Setting an ultimate goal of establishing an information lab to assist evidence-based decision-making and increase international awareness about health and human rights violations in minority communities of Myanmar.

Developing community development programs in Southeast Asia and activities for children and youth for better access to informal education. Founder of the Bidara Community, which provides safe spaces for the youth.

Focusing on her main goal of promoting comprehensive sexuality education and youth-friendly services for young people in Laos

Suicide prevention advocate, lived-experience expert consultant and mindfulness trainer

Academic staff, faculty of public health, University of Health Sciences

Jakarta, Indonesia

Meeting the needs of equity-deserving groups by involving lived-experience experts; also founded the first youth-based suicide prevention community in 2013.

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COLLINS SANTHANASAMY

PUTRI WIDI SARASWATI

ITTINAT SEEBOONRUANG

SAY SIVUTHA

Founder, Youth4DRR; specialist, public health in disasters

Co-founder, director and consultant, RAISE Global Health; project consultant, AMPC International Health Consultants; independent researcher.

National consultant, Deutsche Sparkassenstiftung for International Cooperation

Social protection specialist

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Heidelberg, Germany

Bandung, Indonesia

Building community resilience through tailored disaster risk reduction programs focused on health, education and economic empowerment.

Working as a global sexual reproductive health rights and public health professional in advisory and consultancy roles, research, advocacy/activism and global health decolonization.

Providing a consultancy in workshop design and delivery, strategic planning and leadership training.

As a process facilitator specializing in mental health, he combines music therapy approaches into group process work.

Working at the general secretariat for the National Social Protection Council in Cambodia on coordinating the relevant stakeholders for drafting a roadmap on moving toward universal health coverage in Cambodia.

CLIVE TAN

EAINT THIRI THU

LE QUANG TRAM TINH

TRAN QUYNH TRANG

Assistant chief, group integrated care, National Healthcare Group

Freelance researcher specializing in conflicts, media and human rights; documentary producer; and restaurant owner

Senior program manager, The Fred Hollows Foundation

Team lead, Healthcare System Strengthening Program; advisory board member, Research and Inclusion Development Action

Singapore, Singapore

Da Nang, Viet Nam

Chiangmai, Thailand

Building a population health system in Singapore, for better health equity and people-centered care.

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Advocating for human rights and democracy as a conflict and human rights researcher, fixer and documentary producer.

She is also engaging as a social entrerpreneur from Myanmar.

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Fostering the engagement of community and decisionmakers in planning and initiating solutions to narrow the gap between vision care services and underserved communities.

Building a better understanding of the importance of a disabilityinclusive health system and policies.

NAY-LIN TUN

SREYPEOV TUN

Grants officer, British Red Cross

Head, faculty of nursing and midwifery, University of Puthisastra

JOSE AUGUSTUS G. VILLANO

EGI ABDUL WAHID

Chief, promotions and advocacy, Commission on Human Rights-VII

Goverment relations executive, Center for Indonesia’s Strategic Development Initatives

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Cebu City, Philippines

Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia

Focusing on interests in humanitarian and public health issues and managing challenging projects in conflict settings.

Leading a quality nursing and midwifery program, involving curriculum improvement and research; and also interested in health care related to gerontology.

Dedicated to advancing human rights and dignity, identifying populations atrisk and offering resource allocation guidance. Aiming to make a meaningful impact on the global community’s well-being by expanding his work on a global scale.

Strengthening primary health services for vulnerable groups. Having developed an innovation model in primary health care, currently working to improve the leadership capacity of local governments and authorities for fair and equitable services.

HAIBIN ZHOU

YVES MIEL H. ZÚÑIGA

Chief executive officer, Easy Inclusion Consulting; secretary general, International Labor Organization Global Business and Disability Network-China Chapter

Policy and advocacy adviser, United for Global Mental Health; chair of board of trustees, MentalHealthPH Inc.

Yangon, Myanmar

Pasig, Philippines

Beijing, China

Leading consultancy services that advance employment and vocational training.

Also, advocating rights to employment for persons with disabilities and leading collaboration and policy dialogue among businesses, universities and other partners.

Leading work on the integration of mental health into HIV and TB programming across 30 countries; concurrently, serving as the chair of the board of trustees of MentalHealthPH Inc. in the Philippines.

Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia were among global Atlantic Fellows who took part in an Extended Realities residency in Oxford in 2024.

Credit: Lee Atherton.

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2023 Fellows

MAI QUANG ANH

NADIRAH BABJI

SOULIYA CHANNAVONG

Founder and director, WeCare

Senior humanitarian program officer, International Planned Parenthood Federation; vice president, EMPOWER Malaysia

Vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization officer

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Vientiane, Laos

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

SUEBPONG CHAROENMECHAIKUL Executive director, BridgeAsia; and founding board member, Aetria Health Bangkok, Thailand

Leading and implementing LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing initiatives, specializing in social work. Dedicated to bridging gaps in mental and sexual health services, and addiction treatment for marginalized communities.

Strengthening capacity to deliver essential sexual and reproductive health services in crises in disasterprone countries around Southeast Asia. Using feminist leadership strategies to improve women’s participation in politics in Malaysia.

Strengthening the health workforce’s capacity for immunization and primary health services and passionate about reaching the hard-to-reach populations in terms of geography and socioeconomic status.

Passionate about making health and well-being a basic human right that is accessible, affordable and acceptable to all. Currently helping people sleep, eat, move and connect well.

YIWEI CHEN

SABRINA LAYA GACAD

ADISORN JUNTRASOOK

KEO KANEKA

Founder and executive director, Wonder Sir

Founder and director, Lunas Collective; chair, department of women and development studies, University of the Philippines

Dean of the faculty of learning sciences and education, Thammasat University

Phase II manager, Inclusion Mekong Regional Water Governance Project

Bangkok, Thailand

Cambodia/Mekong region, Cambodia

Leading change in the fields of education, gender and sexuality, and social justice.

Championing LGBTQI+ rights, education reform and inclusion through innovative learning and advocacy.

Embracing a feminist leadership to champion gender and social inclusion in water governance and climate justice. Promoting a leadership model where Indigenous women, people with disabilities and other marginalized groups are part of decision-making.

Shanghai, China

Quezon City, Philippines

Bridging gaps in the awareness of rare diseases in China and empowering 100+ patient communities via education and advocacy, while also connecting them to essential resources.

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Inspiring community-based action to destigmatize pleasure and promote collective care and encourage people to live freely in their own bodies.

ANOND KULTHANMANUSORN Health system researcher, International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

WAI LWIN Health adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, British Embassy, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar

Bangkok, Thailand

ALBERTO TEODORO MALVAR

FARIDA TIBORON MANGCAAN

Program director, RGL Primary Health Care Hub, Ateneo de Manila University; founder, Forest Bathing

Head of Office, Community and Family Services International Sub Office, Iligan

Antipolo City, Rizal, Philippines

Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Philippines

Focusing on health policy and system research for universal health coverage, especially primary health care in urban areas.

Providing pioneering health care for people experiencing homelessness in Bangkok.

A public health professional working on health policy, development strategies and health system governance, focusing on global health, maternal and child health, sexual health and disease control.

A primary health care advocate and a forest bathing guide, currently exploring the role of nature connection in health equity and climate action.

Working to protect children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao project, supported by UNICEF. Also leading rebuilding efforts for vulnerable populations and communities affected and displaced by the 2017 Marawi Crisis.

NUR FAJRINI MATJALINA

CHRISTIAN NAZARETH

YUSTINA YUDHA NITA

MANILA PRAK

Scientific officer, department of scientific services, Ministry of Health

Chief collaborator, Lokal Lab

Primary health care specialist, USAID Momentum Country and Global Leadership; general practitioner

Team lead, health care accreditation and regulation, USAID

Siargao Island, Philippines

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

Involved in equitydriven community work, spearheading initiatives focused on promoting mindful eating and active lifestyles as well as empowering youth, especially women, in STEM education to foster innovation and drive national progress.

Cambodia

Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia

Co-creating mindful, innovative and nature-based solutions in public health

Providing technical assistance to Nusa Tenggara Timur Province in implementing integrated primary health care as a national program. Improving care for mothers, newborns and children at primary health care and referral facilities.

Directing the technical aspect of the USAID-funded project, EQHA II, which focuses on health system strengthening in supporting the Ministry of Health to ensure the quality and the sustainability of the Cambodian health care system.

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AGHNIA DIMA ROCHMAWATI

GIGIH SEPTIANTO

NAW MAY LYAR SOE

Founder and executive director

Environmental, social, governance specialist, East Ventures Advisory Pte. Ltd

Jakarta, Indonesia

Assistant manager of fundraising and grants Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand

Jakarta, Indonesia

GUNENTHIRA RAO SUBBARAO Public health medicine specialist and senior principal assistant director, Ministry of Health Malaysia Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Leading the integration of ESG factors into investment strategies and establishing the first Climate Fund, the largest venture capital in Indonesia. Also building a climate and health platform for Indonesia.

Building WeCare.id, a crowdfunding platform that helps underserved patients to fundraise for medical needs and also develops initiatives in the area of public health, education, disaster response and the environment.

A humanitarian worker with a public health background fundraising and advocating for better health and protection access for migrants and displaced populations along the Thailand-Burma border.

Driving initiatives to shape health policy, with expertise spanning care of vulnerable populations to epidemiology.

Committed to shaping policy in global health and community collaboration in delivering health care.

PATIPAT SUSUMPAO

LONG TIANWEI

MADIYARASI VENGIDASAN

LI WANG

Co-founder and managing director, OpenDream

Ph.D. student, faculty of medicine, Chinese University Hong Kong

Dentist

Sathon, Bangkok, Thailand

Hong Kong, China

Innovation program manager, Impact Hub Shanghai; consulant, Inclusion China

Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Leading participatory disease surveillance and open-source tech. As well as co-founding Opendream, he pioneered SMS surveillance, DoctorMe app and citizen networks to democratize problem-solving in Thailand.

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Driving innovative solutions developed by patients or caregivers to meet their own needs. With both corporate and investment experience, he is fostering a collaborative approach to achieve the best outcomes for health and well-being.

Beyond clinical work, leading an NGO and social enterprise, providing dental treatment and awareness initiatives for refugee and marginalized communities.

Passionate about social impact and committed to making oral health accessible to all.

Advancing the rights to work for adults with intellectual disabilities through employer engagement, accessible approaches, coaching and advocacy. Aiming to reduce the stigma and enhance rights for people with disabilities and their families.

MADE WIKANDANA Disability inclusion officer, UNICEF Indonesia Indonesia

Leading UNICEF’s effort in mainstreaming disability inclusion throughout the work for children and young people in Indonesia. A thought leader and speaker on the issue of disability rights, digital accessibility and assistive technology.

EI MON ZAW Project manager, sexual and reproductive health and rights Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand

Advancing public health care, currently focusing on empowering migrant and ethnic adolescents, and youths along the Thailand and Myanmar border.

Driving community-led societal change through evidence-based strategies.

Atlantic Fellow, Yves Zuniga, takes part in a public narrative event. Credit: Kim Cruz.

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Building a healthier, more equal South Africa.

BASED AT TEKANO

2017 Fellows

MICHELLE BROTHERTON Advocate of the High Court and a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Fort Hare Makana, South Africa

DUDUZILE “DUDU” DLAMINI

NTOMBIZANELE “ZANELE” FIGLAN

THANIA GOPAL

Advocacy manager, Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Task Force

Head of environmental health, City of Cape Town

Communications officer, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town

Belville, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Pretoria, South Africa

Specializing as an advocate in international human rights, health rights and health care systems.

Fighting for the decriminalization of sex work. As well as advocating for sex workers, she is an international ambassador for the Coalition of Children Affected by AIDS.

Advocating for environmental health as a determinant of health to be at the center of human health.

Exploring the role of the media in influencing and developing more equitable and socially just health systems.

AMY GREEN

NIKKI GREEN (NÉE VERMEULEN)

THAMSANQA HAMILTON HUKWE

KHULULWA JAMPO

Coordinator for communitycentered programs, the Centre for Social Development, Rhodes University

Chairperson, Abahlali Base Freedom Park

Editor, Health-e News Service Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Site manager, Mother Mentor, Enable Ngqeleni, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Reflecting socially just media practices and content in mainstream media and lifting marginalized voices that are usually inaccessible to traditional media houses.

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Reimagining the ways in which corporate and NGO spaces can be connected and developed to enhance access to resources and opportunities for social change.

Organizing and mobilizing communities in the southern region of Johannesburg around land, housing and other socioeconomic issues.

Providing support, counseling and basic health education to pregnant women, with a focus on chronic treatment adherence mostly related to HIV and AIDS.

LANCE LOUSKIETER

SHANNON MORGAN

KODWA MPEPHO

Operations manager, Kozi Foundation

Community occupational therapist, NHS, community mental health hub

Director, Women and Girls Leadership Foundation

Cape Town, South Africa

London, England

Advocating for health systems’ responsiveness and championing sexual and reproductive justice for sex workers and queer persons through influencing policy and implementation.

Providing support and guidance to women-led, not-for-profit organizations on good governance and best financial management practices. Advocating for parental involvement in sexual and reproductive health education.

Providing mental health occupational therapy services, including assessment and interventions.

Promoting access to sexual and reproductive health and justice for girls and women in rural and peri-urban areas through advocacy and leadership strengthening skills.

TRACEY MALAWANA

SIBONGILE MTUNGWA

SHEHNAZ MUNSHI

BERNARD MUTSAGO

Founder and executive director, I_Menstruate Movement

Director, Women’s Leadership and Training Program

Tembisa, South Africa

Underberg, South Africa

Research project manager, Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity, University of the Witwatersrand

Nutritionist, public health researcher and activist, South African Medical Association

Program director, Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in South Africa Cape Town, South Africa

NOMATHAMSANQA “THAMI” MNGXEKEZA

Pretoria, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Linden, South Africa

Advocating for progressive food systems, quality education, menstrual equity and economic justice. She is an aspiring African womxn museum curator and creative youth center innovator.

Strengthening girls’ and women’s leadership skills, so they use their agency to dismantle patriarchal structures and systems, advance climate change adaptation strategies and restore ecosystems in communities.

Advocating and mobilizing for policy reform to ensure affordable and accessible health for all. Using an intersectional feminist, decolonial research and praxis lens to advance health systems thinking and eradicate gender-based violence.

Advocating for a South Africa where primary health care takes center stage and all South Africans have access to affordable, equitable, high-quality health care.

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2017 Fellows

LINDI MZANKOMO

NOLUTHANDO NDLOVU

TINASHE T. NJANJI

MAFOKO PHOMANE

Senior budget analyst, public finance, National Treasury, South Africa

Researcher, Health Systems Trust

Coordinator, People’s Health Movement South Africa

Environmental health campaign manager, groundWork, South Africa

Durban, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Pretoria, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Developing social assistance models, budgets and policy advancements for improved health and education outcomes for poor people.

Conducting evidence-based research that contributes to policy-strengthening health systems in South Africa, predominantly using quantitative data to address health equity.

Promoting socioeconomic justice for all, including addressing social determinants for health.

Advocating for environmental justice, working with the health sector and communities.

KENTSE RADEBE

WENDY SOMLAVI

LENA STOFILE

CARINA TRUYTS

Project manager, Systems Innovation, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Founder, Wheely in a Wheelie

Environmental health manager, City of Cape Town

Lecturer in social anthropology, Sol Plaatje University

Cape Town, South Africa

Kimberley, South Africa

Advancing policies and programs to reduce chemical and other environmental exposures in air, water, soil and food, to protect people and provide communities with healthier environments.

Developing new anthropology courses and a program, based on her master’s research that drew on public health, developmental origins of health and disease, and epigenetic findings.

Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Identifying the processes and levers that reduce social stratification and lead to social innovation and transformation.

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Promoting recycling in townships in South Africa.

2019 Fellows

BULELA VAVA

CHALEEN ARENDSE

CYAN BROWN

LUNGILE QUINY DUBE

President, Public Oral Health Forum

Director, USAWA Learning and Healing

Johannesburg, South Africa

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Biodesign health innovation and health equity postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University

Program support at South African Youth Council & National Business Initiative (NBI)

Menlo Park, Calif., United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

Building an activist oral health workforce, with a focus on grassroots community and peer-topeer engagement to realize, promote, preserve and protect society’s right to oral health and well-being.

Advancing the rights and improving the lives of young people and women living on farms, through experiential knowledge after living on a farm herself. Addressing social injustices and inequalities through a human rights context.

Working at the intersection of health, sustainablity and innovation to catalyze change. Developing health innovations for underserved population groups. Lecturing and developing curriculum on health equity in innovation.

Driving forward youth economic inclusion and also engaging in research for education and health integration.

LUQMAN YESUFU

SIBUSISO FIHLANI

AMANDA FONONDA

ATHOLL KLEINHANS

Public health inspector, Alberta Health Services

Drama therapist, Drama for Life; chair, Art That Matters; director, Ezempilo Mental Health Art Festival

Program manager

Lecturer, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Johannesburg, South Africa

Akasia, South Africa

Johanesburg, South Africa

Assisting in the identification, planning, implementation and evaluation of environmental public health activities.

Using theater and drama therapy with patients to help them overcome emotional trauma and addiction.

Working with young men to help them deal with their emotions to become better fathers.

As an aspiring futurist, working to understand and address barriers to integration on improving health outcomes that are inclusive, collaborative, shared and progressive.

Using education as a vehicle to drive social change in the health care professions through medical humanities.

Advocating for equal access to health care for marginalized communities, including gender and sexual minorities.

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HASEENA MAJID

PATRICK MDELETSHE

NTEBALENG MORAKE

ERIC MOTAU

Founder and public health programs director, USAWA Learning and Healing

Field researcher, SECTION27

Curriculum and education coordinator, Social Justice Coalition

Country director, REPSSI (The Regional Psychosocial Support Initiatives)

Cape Town, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Working with civil society to address inequality and striving for social justice for all. Mobilizing community and building community voice through capacity building. Building civil society voice from below for health system strengthening.

Building a South Africa that addresses the injustices of the past while seeking alternatives for a just and equal society.

Advocating for access to community-based mental health care and treatment services in underserved communities. Addressing bottlenecks in the health system with design strategies that enhance service delivery.

IN MEMORY

ANDILE MTHOMBENI

BAYANDA NDUMISO

Project manager, Plus 94 Research

Political advocacy coordinator, Triangle Project; president, Impulse Cape Town Group

Khayelitsha, South Africa

Pietermaritzburg, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa

Health systems strengthening approaches through publicprivate partnerships, research and policy advocacy to improve primary health service access and for a more sustainable NHI to achieve universal health coverage.

SIPAMANDLA MPIKELELI Development and CSI manager, South African Sugar Association

NOSIPHELELE MSESIWE -2022

Pretoria, South Africa

An activist for the Social Justice Coalition, Khayelitsha, South Africa

Advancing rural development through job placement opportunities for young people in the sugar cane value chain; bursaries to rural communities studying agriculture, science and engineering; supporting enterprise initiatives for women and the youth.

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Nosiphelele mobilized and educated communities to gain access to their rights.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Assisting the South African National Aids Council as a trustees member. Also represented students in the Ministerial Technical Task Team for Sexual & Gender-Based Violence in Institutions of Higher Learning.

Advancing the civil, political and electoral participation of LGBTQI+ people in local and national decision-making processes.

SAMSON PHAKATHI

VINKEY SIBUYI

Senior field officer, The Endangered Wildlife Trust

Social worker, Epilepsy South Africa

Mpophomeni, South Africa

Acornhoek, South Africa

ANELE NTOMBIKAYISE SIGCAU

SYLVIA SIYO

Pharmacist, Department of Health, South Africa

Business case development manager, Transnet National Ports Authority

Xhora, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Durban, South Africa

Mobilizing communities in rural South Africa to engage with conservation projects that provide environmentally-friendly alternative livelihoods.

Advocating for the right to education for children with learning impairments.

Collaborating with other stakeholders to develop learning tools that could be used to accommodate their learning needs.

Addressing inequities in access to medication in a rural community by ensuring availability and ways of ensuring adherence to treatment as a way of eradicating the disease burden.

Training, mentoring and inspiring women and girls from underprivileged communities to succeed in industry.

HARSHA SOMAROO

RENÉ SPARKS

RAZIA VALLIE

Public health medicine specialist

Public health practitioner, founding director, podcaster and lecturer

Program manager, Western Cape Health Department

ERNA VAN DER WESTHUIZEN

Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Impact and learning manager, Shonaquip Social Enterprise Wynberg, South Africa

Advocating for enhanced public health training and practice, health systems strengthening and health equity, to improve health outcomes for all.

Working for sexual reproductive health rights, primary health care access, health systems strengthening and health equity for key and vulnerable populations.

She has a keen interest in podcasting, social media and communication generally.

Developing and supporting equitable TB and HIV protection programs.

Leading efforts to build ecosystems for inclusion for people with disabilities, their families and service providers.

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2021 FELLOWS

GANZAMUNGU ZIHINDULA

KANYISA BOOI

BERTHA CHIGUVARE

NWABISA DLOVA

Research fellow in global health, Trinity College Dublin; and professor, Institut Supérieur pour le Développement Rural, DRC

Health communicator; editor, Eve’s Apple The Mag

Program officer, Lawyers for Human Rights; board member, Vumbanani for Peacebuilding

Social worker, Masimanyane Women’s Rights International

Pretoria, South Africa

East London, South Africa

Makhado, South Africa

Dublin, Ireland

Working as a research fellow at the Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, leading the translational simulation for trauma-informed care intervention’s implementation in acute-setting hospitals in Ireland.

Advocating for African practices to be mainstreamed and working as a pioneering health communicator and consulting copywriter.

Founder of Eve’s Apple the Mag, a groundbreaking, Pan-Africanist, intersectional sexual health and pleasure magazine.

Working as a researcher, child protection specialist and program manager to promote community development and human rights activism.

Advocating for the rights of women, social justice and sexual reproductive health, rooted in intersectional PanAfrican feminism.

ZIMBINI MADIKIZA

THATO MATHABATHE

Project assistant and community mobilizer, Rural Health Advocacy Project

Procurement and supply chain specialist, Guidehouse, USAID

NONKULULEKO “NKULI” MBULI

Johannesburg, South Africa

Mthatha, South Africa

Advocacy and communications strategist, Embrace Movement for Mothers Johannesburg, South Africa

Building social collective power through equipping rural communities with the skills and knowledge of realizing their potential toward the advancement of social change. Enhancing agency to advocate for greater access and improvements to health care.

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Focusing on NHI (for universal health coverage), policy, governance, structure, and novel TB and HIV treatments.

Advocating for the advancement of maternal health rights and addressing the structural and social dynamics that shape the experiences of early motherhood in South Africa.

IVANA MERCKEL

INNOCENTIA MGIJIMA

NOMFUNDO MKHABA

MPHO MOGAPI

Community coordinator

Human rights lawyer, Africa Albinism Network; Ph.D. candidate, University of Witswatersrand

Intern, groundWork

Cluster manager, Soul City Institute for Social Justice

Pretoria, South Africa

Durban, South Africa

Krugersdorp, South Africa

Pretoria, South Africa

Promoting the need for accessible, comprehensive and holistic health education with community participation.

Advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities in Africa.

Learning as an intern at a non-profit environmental justice organization that is working toward creating a sustainable and equitable environment in South Africa.

Advocating for social justice for young women and girls, and their rights in accessing sexual reproductive health services in a youthfriendly environment that is underpinned by intersectional feminism.

TSHEPO MOKHADI

LEBO MOLETE

Environmental health practitioner, Bongani Regional Hospital

Founding member, PHELA (Public Health Education, Liaison and Advocacy) Foundation

TLAMELO MMAMOHLAKOANA MOTHUDI

NTOMBOHLANGA MQUSHULU

Master’s law graduate

Roodepoort, South Africa

Welkom, South Africa

Implementing sustainable, green initiatives in the hospital environment that aim to reduce the carbon footprint, as well as the use of harmful chemicals, especially pesticides, and waste minimization strategies in the health sector.

Program manager, Next Up

Johannesburg, South Africa

Gaborone, Botswana

Facilitating the inclusion of patients as a prominent stakeholder group in the development and implementation of health services and strategic health policies.

Working with rural communities, improving access to health care services, and educating them on sexual and reproductive health rights and mental health. She advocates for greater public participation and consultation with communities on issues such as democracy and governance, and policies advancing human rights.

Mentoring youth leaders across South Africa.

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2022 FELLOWS

ALDRIDGE MUNYORO

JUDIAC RANAPE

AZEEZA RANGUNWALA

YVETTE ANDREWS

Ph.D. candidate, University of the Witwatersrand

Comprehensive care nurse and nurse trainer, Department of Health, South Africa

Africa regional coordinator, groundWork

Nurse, Department of Health

Johannesburg, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Pretoria, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Building an inclusive society where people living at the far margins of society can equally participate and benefit from the social and economic pipeline.

Advocating within civil society organizations for the improved health of marginalized communities.

KUVASHNA SINGH

BIBI-AISHA WADVALLA

PINKIE SAIDY BROWN

Pharmacist, Department of Health; master’s candidate in public health, Rhodes University

Managing editor, Health-e News Service

Social media and key populations coordinator, Advocates for the Prevention of HIV in Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

KwaZulu, South Africa

Working toward improving health care in the public sector.

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Bridging the health information divide through journalism that helps individuals make informed health choices and advances health equity.

Working with health systems, health organizations and health facilities at the intersection of climate and health.

Working with community health workers on the issue of health care access for marginalized communities.

Itsoseng, South Africa

Advocating for the inclusion of queer women and people living with HIV; providing women and girls with the space to learn about their bodies and exercise their rights to sexual health.

TENDAI CHISIRIMUNHU

ABONGILE DAVANI

NANGAMSO KOZA

MMABATHO LANGA

Mental health practitioner, researcher and activist

Co-director, Echoes of Hope foundation; youth support agent for entrepreneurship, Masifunde Learner Development

Developmental strategist, author and publisher

Ph.D. candidate, University of Western Cape; physiotherapist

Komani, South Africa

Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Gqeberha, South Africa

Addressing mental health for social change, through a decolonial approach that is holistic and communitybased, situating the lived experiences of the people of South Africa and wider Africa.

Developing the agency of young women, children and the LGBTIQPA+ community. Developing literacy, and supporting and mentoring youth to improve local economies, as well as promoting entrepreneurship and business networks.

Advancing people-centered sustainable livelihoods systems and producing alternative developmental models with a special focus on food sovereignty.

Ensuring the health promotion and provision of physical rehabilitation services to the rural communities.

YOLISA LAWRENCE

CINCINANTIA LEBJANE Founder and director, Resoketswe Lebjane Foundation

NONZALISEKO MAGIDIWANE

NQOBIZWE MAHLANGU

Programs coordinator, SGS Consulting

Durban, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Community activist, health promoter and support group facilitator for communities

Medical student

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Strengthening literacy, youth leadership and the well-being of young women and girls in communities through engagement programs.

Advocating for gender equality and sexual reproductive health rights as a change driver, targeting rural areas in particular.

Organizing to eradicate gender-based violence in communities and supporting LGBTQI+ communities.

Improving access to sexual reproductive health rights, with a passion for sanitary dignity, maternal care and preventing gynecological ills; exploring sustainable social entrepreneurial models that provide solutions in Africa.

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2023 FELLOWS

PRECIOUS MAZIBUKO

ZANDILE MQWATHI

Community scholar, Centre for Civil Society, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal

Social behavior change communications manager, Pact South Africa

LINDILE NONTOBEKO NGWENYA

Durban, South Africa

Centurion, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Using innovative learning tools to bridge the gap between the law, people and the state around matters relating to environmental ecology.

Advocating for the use of drama therapy as a key component of the public health system; trying to tackle the issue of mental health in South Africa.

Advocating for sexual reproductive health rights for vulnerable individuals through community development and advocacy.

Addressing structural issues, including land spatiality and fiscal policies, through activism.

BELLS TWANI

NWABISA ZANTSI

VUSIMUZI ZWANE

MICHEL’LE DONNELLY

Member, Intlungu YaseMatyotyombeni

Co-founder, Fulfill the Dream Academy

Project leader, South African Federation for Mental Health

Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Program manager, Southern Africa Movement of Mining Affected Communities (SAMMAC)

Social worker; master’s candidate, University of Witwatersrand

NTSIKA DAPO Program practioner, Pathways Institute Gqeberha, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Mpumalanga, South Africa

Fostering a movement for the development of youth in communities; mobilizing community and youth to address policy around land and land occupation.

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Working to improve access to information about genderbased violence, health care and the prevention of injustices relating to sexual and gender-based violence.

Working with communities and civil society movements to address inequality and strive for social justice for all; mobilizing community and building community voice through capacity building.

Advocating for improved menstrual health, mental health and gender equality.

LUNGILE GAMEDE

SHAYNI GEFFEN

KAREN HENDRICKS

KENNETH MATLAWE

Professional nurse-midwife

Project leader, South African Federation for Mental Health

Leader and activist, Reclaim The City

Secretary general, Housing Assembly

Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Advocating for an improved and functioning health care system in South Africa.

Advocating for improved mental health and health outcomes in South Africa.

Advocating for an inclusive city marked by equality and gender balance, where poor and working-class women of color hold pivotal roles in decision-making.

Advocating for access to safe, affordable and dignified housing. Through workshops, seminars and grassroots campaigns, empowering individuals with the knowledge and tools necessary to advocate for their rights and effect meaningful change.

PAMELA MDLANDLA

MZIKHONA MGEDLE

ITUMELENG MOEKETSI

SEOKETSI MOOKETSI

Nobalisa mentor, Axium Education

Founder, Langa Bicycle Hub

Willowvale, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Professional facilitator, actress and curator

Founder, See Your Power Foundation

Johannesburg, South Africa

Schweizer Reneke, South Africa

Using drama therapy and art for social activism.

Providing political and personal education to equip activists with the necessary tools to resist inequality and create alternatives.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Promoting the culture of reading in rural schools and leading a group of young people based in schools where they run community reading clubs.

Advocating for safer public spaces and promoting cycling in Langa.

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2023 Fellows

WISEMAN MPEPO

ZANELE MSIBI

FUNZANI MTEMBU

AZOLA MZEKANDABA

General secretary, Intlungu Yasematyotyombeni

Activist, Emalahleni

Development economist

Program manager, NextUp

Mpumalanga, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Advocating for land access, ownership and seeking an improvement to the lives of people living in informal settlements.

Advocating for improved well-being and the rights of those affected by the mining industry in Mpumalanga.

Working to address economic inequalities and fight for economic justice, particularly for Black women.

Working with in-school youth, between 14-21 years, to expose them to the world of work and develop their skills to enhance their future employability.

NHLANHLA NGQAQU

CONSTANCE NOTHANDO MATHE

HOMBAKAZI NQANDEKA

MONALISA NQISHA

Founder, iPhupho L’ka Biko Johannesburg, South Africa

Coordinator, Asijiki Coalition

Author, entrepreneur and Ph.D. candidate

Co-founder and director, Masikhule Gender Aids Alliance

Cape Town, South Africa

Eastern Cape, South Africa

East London , Eastern Cape, South Africa

Lobbying organizations, Members of Parliament and individuals to protect, respect and promote the rights of sex workers. Advocating for the decriminalization of sex work.

Addressing social determinants of health through research, literature, entrepreneurship and farming.

Tackling issues of HIV/AIDS, TB, gender-based violence and advocating for the rights of sex workers.

Cape Town, South Africa

Using the arts, particularly music, as a tool for social change and health equity in South Africa.

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SOPHUMLA NTOYABO Farmer, Ubuhle Bendalo Food Cape Town, South Africa

SIYABONGA HLONGWA NZIMANDE

KEALEBOGA RAMARU

BERNADETTE ROSSOUW

Black feminist organizer

Mental health professional; founder, Hope2Educate Public Health and Innovation

Cape Town, South Africa

Member, Housing Assembly Southern District Cape Town, South Africa

Durban, South Africa

Farming to promote organic grown vegetables, which he sees as the solution to ending hunger, achieving food security and establishing food sovereignty in South Africa.

Empowering young African leaders to combat poverty and address the impacts of HIV and AIDS by establishing resilient systems and fostering innovation.

Advocating for improved education, public health, social justice and protection of LGBTQ+ rights.

NOMASWAZI TSHABALALA

LEONI WAINWRIGHT

ANTHONY VAN WYK

Director, Ficksburg Community Advice Office

Health4Life program manager, Life Choices

Specialized environmental officer

Ficksburg, Free State, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Educating society and youth about their right to basic health care, ensuring that every person can access treatment without discrimination.

Tackling inequality and social injustices through empowering the youth.

Advocating for access to safe, affordable, and dignified housing.

Cape Town, South Africa

Seeking innovative strategies to tackle pollution in underprivileged communities, emphasizing gender-sensitive economic opportunities and promoting community health awareness.

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Connecting Changemakers.

Advancing Equity.

BASED AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND THE NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION

2018 Fellows

OBENEWA AMPONSAH

ASANDA-JONAS BENYA

DEVON CARBADO

ALICIA GARZA

Executive coach and facilitator

Senior lecturer, University of Cape Town

Professor of law, University of California, Los Angeles

Principal, Black Futures Lab

Cape Town, South Africa

Los Angeles, United States

Supporting Black social impact leaders and their teams through the provision of executive coaching, transformative programming, and training and developmental opportunities.

Teaching sociology and convening the Critical Labour stream at the University of Cape Town.

Researching diverse ways in which women’s lives and livelihoods around sites of extraction across southern Africa are impacted by mines and mining.

Working to advance an intersectional approach to racial justice; and creating and sustaining inclusive, equitable learning environments.

Building the movement for Black lives by engaging in narrative change efforts and direct action organizing.

MARY HOOKS

CHRISTOPHER JOHN

BRIAN KAMANZI

KELLY-EVE KOOPMAN

National field secretary, Movement for Black Lives

Social responsibility and funding officer, AFDA (The School of Creative Economies)

Energy policy research associate, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, City University of New York

Director and co-creator, Coloured Mentality

Columbia, Md., United States

Atlanta, United States

Durban, South Africa

Atlanta, United States

Cape Town, South Africa

New York, United States

Building the leadership capacity of the LGBTQ community in the American South through direct action efforts and dynamic campaigns.

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Developing community projects and funding to assist talented people from disadvantaged communities to access education in the creative industries, and helping in grassroots training and economic development in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Providing policy support for sections of the international trade union movement around the just energy transition, with an emphasis on South Africa; and contributing to the debate on climate change, Pan-Africanism and free education, among other issues.

Driving social transformation through Coloured Mentality, a community media platform that has become a unique interactive storytelling space for South Africa’s Colored communities.

TALILA LEWIS

RUKIA LUMUMBA

NTOMBIKANINA MALINGA

JOEL MODIRI

Community lawyer and organizer

Executive director, People’s Advocacy Institute

Founder and director, UCU Consulting

Jackson, Miss., United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

Head, department of jurisprudence; and associate professor, University of Pretoria

Washington, D.C., United States

Pretoria, South Africa

Developing a framework to situate ableism as central to every form of systemic oppression while leading efforts to dismantle all carceral institutions.

Incubating initiatives that transform our response to violence; and challenging the need for prisons and centering community-led governance.

Creating new narratives to invoke soul consciousness as a tool for shaping private and public sector leadership in Africa. Imagining new political and economic paradigms to end racial injustice globally.

Teaching critical race theory to deliver graduates who are historically and politically literate, and engaged with inequality and injustice.

NEO MUYANGA

MARLON PETERSON

CHRISTOPHER PETRELLA

RASHEEDAH PHILLIPS

Composer and installation artist

President and chief executive officer, The Precendential Group; host of “DEcarcerated” podcast series; and writer

Writer, researcher and strategist, Kaepernick Endeavors

Director of housing, PolicyLink

Cape Town, South Africa

Philadelphia, United States

Boston, United States

Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

Using storytelling and music to transcend the barriers erected by apartheid between diverse communities.

Improving services and leadership capacity of organizations working toward criminal justice reform. His books include “Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song.”

Exploring the histories of racialization and resistance, and the ways that race is constructed and contested.

Addressing racial inequity in community redevelopment, preservation of affordable housing and disinvestment from neighborhoods.

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2018 Fellows

ALBERTO RETANA

RASHAD ROBINSON

SIYABONGA SHANGE

HOLIDAY SIMMONS

President and chief executive officer, Community Coalition

President, Color of Change

Sales executive, NMI DSM

Founder, Southern Soul Wellness

New York, United States

Durban, South Africa

Atlanta, United States

Building a multiracial organizing model that increases the ability of Black and Brown residents in Los Angeles to win policy change, resource redistribution and neighborhood improvements.

Developing an infrastructure of a strategic Black response to the needs of, and injustices facing the Black community; and campaigning for changes in employment, the economy, voting, criminal justice, news and entertainment.

Mentoring, pastoring and hosting restorative conversations to empower and educate society’s most marginalized people to have equal opportunities and combat racism.

Facilitating mediation for group conflicts, and convening healers to support the wellness of frontline organizers and those most impacted by trauma and oppression.

MICHAEL SMITH

THENMOZHI SOUNDARARAJAN

SARAH SUMMERS

RICHARD WALLACE

Chief executive officer, AmeriCorps

Speculative narratist

Alexandria, Va., United States

Executive director, Equality Labs

Cape Town, South Africa

Founding executive director, Equity And Transformation (EAT)

Los Angeles, United States

Westchester, Ill., United States

Weehawken, N.J., United States

Leading AmeriCorps, the U.S. federal agency that deploys more than $1 billion and 250,000 AmeriCorps members annually to address the nation’s most pressing challenges, improve lives and communities, and strengthen civic engagement.

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Building the power of Black and Dalit movements to overcome white supremacy and caste apartheid.

Moving through and beyond atmospheres of colonialtimed-bodies and clearing pathways to hidden futures.

Organizing civil rights activism and leading Equity and Transformation, a nonprofit organization that won the first recreational cannabis policy to include reparations for the war on drugs.

2019 FELLOWS

SITHANDIWE “STHA” YENI

CEDRIC BROWN

JITU BROWN

ZAKIYA CARR JOHNSON

Ph.D. candidate, University of Western Cape

Founder, Blue Skies Advising LLC

National director, Journey for Justice Alliance

Principal, Odara Solutions

Cape Town, South Africa

Researching the meanings of land and agrarian livelihoods of Black people who were dispossessed of their land and stripped of property rights by colonial and apartheid regimes. Exploring implications for agrarian change today.

Winston-Salem, N.C., United States

Washington, D.C., United States

Chicago, United States

Guiding and supporting foundation and nonprofit leaders to accomplish their social impact missions, with a particular interest in the African diaspora.

Building power in Black communities for over 25 years; and using community organizing to win equity in public education.

Leveraging over 20 years of public policy experience to create economic empowerment and investment opportunities for historically marginalized communities.

BUSISIWE DLAMINI

BETSY HODGES

REGINA HOLLOWAY

Dialogue practitioner

Adviser, Betsy Hodges LLC

Johannesburg, South Africa

Washington, D.C., United States

Vice president, Global Strategic Community Impact, Axon Chicago, United States

Creating sustainable models for social justice work and cross-sectoral collaboration, and facilitating dialogues focused on race, social justice and transformation.

Building a framework, based on compassion, through which white people effectively work with one another on whiteness and racism, then scale up to have systemic impact.

Leading community engagement efforts to transform relationships between safety officials and the communities they are meant to serve.

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MITCHELL LITTLE

BONGIWE LUSIZI

DORAH MAREMA

NHLANHLA MNISI

Executive director, Mayor’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity, City of Philadelphia

Founding director, Creative Academy

Portfolio head for municipal sustainability, South African Local Government Association

Earth Imperatives

Johannesburg, South Africa

Philadelphia, United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Spearheading initiatives to support low-income people and communities.

Promoting African bow music as well as arts, crafts, dance, poetry, creative writing and other creative activities to build a progressive heritage movement.

Leading sustainability efforts with a range of stakeholders in sectors that include small-scale agriculture, environment, climate change, renewable energy, gender and land rights at local, national and international levels.

Driving environmental sustainability research with a focused commitment on translating research outcomes into practical solutions.

KOKETSO MOETI

IN MEMORY

ELANA NEEDLE

WILNEIDA NEGRON

National coordinator, Rural Democracy Trust

Founder and principal consultant, Needle Strategies LLC; States Strategy co-lead, State of Equity

Director of research and policy; co-worker and co-founder, Startups & Society Initiative

Johannesburg, South Africa

New York, United States

New York, United States

Led organizational campaigns for land rights, mining-affected communities and livelihoods in South Africa.

Leading partnership development, including creating a community of state government racial equity practitioners, strategy, organizing and campaign support for racial justice organizations fighting for an equitable multiracial democracy.

Working on the frontlines of fostering new multiissue and cross-disciplinary approaches and solutions to our increasingly complex, socio-technical world.

Founding executive director, amandla.mobi Johannesburg, South Africa

Building power among low-income Black women for collective action through amandla.mobi, a mobile phone civic engagement tool.

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CONSTANCE MOGALE

LOVELYN NWADEYI

TESS NOLIZWE PEACOCK

KELVIN SAULS

DEVON SIMMONS

Director and social justice strategist, LN Advisors; Inclusion strategy manager EMEA, Netflix

Founder and executive director, Equality Collective

Community organizer and former senior pastor, Holman United Methodist Church

Co-founder and program director, Paralegal Pathways Initiative, Columbia Law School

Los Angeles, United States

New York, United States

Deconstructing and dismantling schemes, systems and structures that violate the humanity and dignity of Black people to achieve a more just and equitable world.

Leading the Paralegal Pathways Initiative, a program that supports incarcerated people in honing skills for and finding employment in the legal field, and enables law students to challenge their assumptions through work with systemimpacted people.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Nqileni Village, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Working to see the principles of social justice, equity and belonging embedded in organizations across entertainment, education and professional services sectors.

Providing backbone support to increase collective participation and action to drive more responsive and accountable governance as a rural organizer.

DYLAN VALLEY

DELORIS “DELA” WILSON

Filmmaker and educator, University of Cape Town

Strategist, founder and executive director, Axle Impact Studio

Cape Town, South Africa

Atlanta, United States

Creating visual stories that imagine a world free of discrimination.

Leading strategies to cultivate expansive visions for self and society through public memory and reparative design.

L-R: Program board chair and Fellow, Cedric Brown, with other Fellows from the 2019 cohort, Devon Simmons, Wilneida Negron and Elana Needle. Credit: Between Productions.

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2020 Fellows

L-R: Fellows Siyanda Siko, Lindiwe Nkutha, Ongezwa Mbele and Daranee Petsod at an immersion retreat held in New York City. Credit: AFRE Communications.

KEVIN BECKFORD

TEMBINKOSI BONAKELE

AMBROSE CARROLL

STACEYANN CHIN

Co-founder, The Hustlers Guild; senior associate, partnerships & engagement, Pretrial Justice Institute

Former commissioner, South African Competition Commission

Founder and senior pastor, Renewal Worship Center; founder and chief executive officer, Green the Church

Writer, activist and performance artist

Johannesburg, South Africa

Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

Supporting outreach at Pretrial Justice Institute, U.S. nonprofit, mobilizing pretrial changemakers working to end mass incarceration; also using hip hop to expand access to the innovation space for Black and Latinx youth at The Hustlers Guild.

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Kingston, Jamaica

Oakland, Calif., United States

Teaching as a visiting professor of law at Wits Law School and an adjunct professor in the Business School of Nelson Mandela University.

Leading the congregation at Renewal Worship Center; also leading Green the Church, an organization at the intersection of the U.S. Black faith community and environmental justice.

Telling powerful stories as a poet, activist and entertainer, attempting to bridge the divide between African Americans and the Caribbean, and between Africa and its fragile connection to its diaspora.

JESSICA FEIERMAN

ALEXANDRA FITZGERALD

NYLE FORT

ARISSA HALL

Senior managing director, Juvenile Law Center

Director of legal affairs, Mothers 2 Mothers (m2m)

Minister, activist and scholar

Leader and organizer, Blackseed

Newark, N.J., United States

Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

Philadelphia, United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

Co-leading a national effort to end the harmful and discriminatory practice of imposing fines and fees in the juvenile justice system.

Serving as the legal director of Mothers 2 Mothers, an organization dedicated to delivering integrated primary health care services to women, children, adolescents and entire families by employing women living with HIV as community health workers.

Working with organizers, educators, creatives, faith leaders and local residents to build a global society rooted in the principles of love, freedom and justice.

Utilizing experiences as a leader and organizer in the movement for liberation to grow BlackSeed, a cannabis equity consultant company that supports equity and justice through a reparative framework.

MINHAJ JEENAH

KIRAN KAUR BAINS

KHWEZI MABASA

PINKY MASHIANE

Executive director, My Vote Counts

President and chief executive officer, SA2020

Senior researcher, Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection

Founder and president, United Domestic Workers of South Africa

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Pretoria, South Africa

Pretoria, South Africa

Leading SA2020 as the organization driving progress toward a shared community vision in San Antonio.

Serving as a senior researcher at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and a part-time lecturer at the University of Pretoria.

Leading the United Domestic Workers of South Africa (UDWOSA), representing the interests of hundreds of domestic workers across South Africa.

Cape Town, South Africa

Coordinating a democratic process to build a broadbased and sustainable alliance that represents community-based organizations, social movements, NGOs and trade unions across South Africa’s nine provinces.

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2020 Fellows

SIBONELO MCHUNU

JESSICA MOFIELD

DANAI MUPOTSA

AXOLILE NOTYWALA

Public interest lawyer, Western Cape Department of Economic Development

Chief advancement officer, Tides Advocacy

Senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand

Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

Co-founder, Movement for Collective Action and Racial Equity (Movement for CARE)

Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Serving as a South African public interest lawyer with the department of economic development in the Western Cape, focused on public policy and regulatory reform.

Overseeing the sustainability and communications strategy at Tides Advocacy. Also supporting work on the organization’s reparations framework and leveraging storytelling to shift narratives about the power of grassroots organizations.

Serving as a senior lecturer in African literature at the University of the Witwatersrand. Also, a feminist teacher, researcher and published poet.

Building Movement for CARE, a municipalist movement focused on meaningful local participatory governance and active citizenship, and cultivating solidarity among marginalized communities.

ZAKIYAH SHAAKIR-ANSARI

KHAYELIHLE “KHAYA” SITHOLE

EDGAR VILLANUEVA

SYDELLE WILLOW SMITH

Founder and chief executive officer, Decolonizing Wealth Project

Co-founder, Sunshine Cinema; and partner, Makhulu Media

New York, United States

Cape Town, South Africa

Leading the Decolonizing Wealth Project, which aims to collectively promote a world vision in which everyone can live their best lives, thrive in their cultures and bring about healing from generations of colonial trauma.

Co-leading Sunshine Cinema: working with rural youth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya, using solar-powered cinemas to spark conversation.

Offering expertise in visual anthropology and media advocacy.

Co-executive director, Alliance for Quality Education Valley Stream, N.Y., United States

Accountant, academic, activist and independent analyst Johannesburg, South Africa

Serving as co-executive director at Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), the leading statewide organization fighting for educational justice in New York State.

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Working as a chartered accountant, writer and academician to promote civil society and advocacy organizations on matters relating to youth development, education, land reform and economic justice.

2021 FELLOWS

KAREN ANN DANIELS

NASSER ELEDROOS

ARIA FLORANT

MUSA GWEBANI

Director of programming and artistic director, Folger Theatre

Policy counsel, Color of Change

Co-founder, Liberation Ventures

Brooklyn, N.Y., United States

Washington, D.C., United States

Policy officer, European Union Delegation to South Africa

Washington, D.C., United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

Widening access to the experiences of creating and seeing theater to communities that historically have not had access, including incarcerated communities; telling stories as an actor, director, playwright, vocalist and musician.

Exploring racially equitable approaches to the design, implementation and accountability of algorithms and information systems in U.S. law.

Leading Liberation Ventures, a U.S. nonprofit organization that is building the power to win federal, comprehensive reparations for Black Americans.

Elevating issues of migration, regional integration and the strengthening of a civil society that can add vibrancy to South Africa’s democracy.

MELISSA JONES

ONGEZWA MBELE

MONIQUE MILES

UKHONA NTSALI MLANDU

Executive director, Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative

Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Vice president, Aspen Institute

Founder and head curator, makwande.republic

Washington, D.C., United States

Durban, South Africa

Goshen Village,Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Oakland, Calif., United States

Driving public and private resources to the communities most impacted by racial and economic injustice, with a particular focus on Black communities; sometimes working for municipal government or as an external partner.

Working with young people in townships and incarcerated people to tell Indigenous stories and facilitate theater workshops.

Building diverse, equitable and inclusive systems and economies for out-of-work adults, with an emphasis on marginalized populations.

Creating and facilitating interventions, festivals, programs, experiences, convenings and public art that embody traumainformed healing imperatives. Also working as an artist and facilitator.

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2021 Fellows

TSHEPISO MOKOENA

BRANDON NICHOLSON

JENNIFER NJUGUNA

LINDIWE NKUTHA

Executive director, Tshepiso Mokoena Foundation

Executive director, The Hidden Genius Project

Co-chief executive officer, Common Future

Operations and finance manager, Institute for Economic Justice

Upper Marlboro, Md., United States

Oakland, Calif., United States

West Orange, N.J., United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

Leading a foundation that focuses on programs for gender, racial and social equity; advocating for the equality and empowerment of Deaf people in South Africa.

Promoting equity in education as founding executive director of an organization that trains and mentors Black male youth in technology creation, entrepreneurship and leadership skills.

Advancing racial and economic justice through executive leadership, equitable organizational design and use of a systems change lens to shift practices and power.

Empowering Black women and youth to tell their stories as a founder and co-director at Osibakhulu Development Initiatives; also working as the operations and finance manager at the Institute for Economic Justice.

DARANEE PETSOD

XENA SCULLARD

MAHORO SEMEGE

REGGIE SHUFORD

Senior adviser, Hyphen

Co-founder, Queer Feminist Film Festival

Associate research supervisor, postgraduate studies, African Film and Dramatic Arts Academy

Executive director, North Carolina Justice Center

Takuapa, Thailand

Cape Town, South Africa

Raleigh, N.C., United States

Durban, South Africa

Catalyzing and incubating multisectoral initiatives to advance long-term solutions to urgent issues facing the United States and achieve equitable outcomes for Black, Brown and other historically underserved communities.

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Amplifying the voices, stories and creativity of people of color, African LGBTQIAP+ people and feminists.

Serving as a supervisor at a leading film school in South Africa; researching civic intervention documentary, post-colonial theory and African philosophy.

Leading a progressive research and advocacy organization to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.

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DANY SIGWALT

SIYANDA SIKO

KRYSTEN AGUILAR

AARON BUTLER

Managing director, Green Leadership Trust

Head of sustainability programs, Sibanye-Stillwater

Executive director, Castanea Fellowship

Washington, D.C., United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

New Mexico, United States

Assistant federal public defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas Texas, United States

Cultivating leadership of movements that foster effective, powerful coalitions and cross-issue solidarity; currently supporting youth power and building power across the climate and racial justice movements.

Facilitating a just transition to a post-mining economy that is socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable and economically diversified in the southern Africa region.

Leading a multi-sectoral collaborative for leaders, creating the opportunities to build power and shift cultures and institutions toward a more healthy, equitable and sustainable food system.

Providing legal representation for inmates facing death sentences in Texas federal courts. Also serving as an International Legal Foundation Attorney Fellow, assisting lawyers in Myanmar on capital cases.

NAZEER SONDAY

NOLWAZI TUSINI

MUSAWENKOSI CABE

SIPHELELE CHIRWA

Chairperson, Philippi Horticultural Area, Food and Farming Campaign

Broadcast journalist and gender activist

Freelance legal journalist and podcaster

Chief executive officer, Activate Leadership

Cape Town, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

Promoting sustainable food sourcing and farming practices that protect farmland against urban sprawl and development that put farmers’ livelihoods at risk.

Exploring the crucial role that narrative plays in sustaining and justifying oppressive systems and injustice. Using feminist media for advocacy and building strategies to tackle issues of social justice, racial justice and gender justice.

Working as a freelance legal journalist and podcaster, who is committed to telling stories of ordinary people through audio documentary and written articles. Previously worked with the progressive online publication, New Frame.

Catalyzing youth leadership through experiential programs that facilitate relationships among young changemakers and support their growing influence as a new political, social and economic force.

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MEKAELIA DAVIS

KEESHA GASKINS-NATHAN

LIZ GRES

ERIN HEANEY

Director, Black Family Economic Mobility, Ballmer Group

Director, Democratic Practice Program - U.S. and the Racial Justice Initiative, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Deputy director, Service Employees International Union, Racial Justice Center

National director, Showing Up for Racial Justice

New York, United States

New York, United States

Chicago, United States

New York, United States

Building movements within institutions by developing and executing programs that bring capital and resources to advance racial equity and inclusion.

Advancing measures and ideas that improve democratic systems and engage democratic culture in the United States to support full and fair democratic and economic opportunity for all residents.

Advancing an anti-racist agenda at the Service Employees International Union, which unites two million members across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

Leading Showing Up for Racial Justice, a U.S.-based organization that brings hundreds of thousands of white people into fights for racial and economic justice.

EMILE JANSEN

BLU LEWIS

NTOKOZO MBULI

KHANYISA NOMOYI

Creative director, Heal the Hood Project

Director, North Carolina’s Black Leadership and Organizing Collective

Managing director, Sugar Bean Pictures

Founder and director, Zizi kaNojaholo Consulting

Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Using authentic narratives to advance equity and inclusion and break down racial and cultural barriers, working as the managing director of a television production house based in Johannesburg.

Embedding feminist economics as a key lever of social change across the global south. Highlighting the impacts of climate change on Black women in South Africa and their participation in mitigation, policymaking and adaptation strategies.

Alpharetta, Ga., United States

Charlotte, N.C., United States

Using education, the arts and sports to create a foundation that is Afrocentric, to support the decolonization or re-humanization of African minds.

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Coordinating and developing local, state-wide and national Black-led movements and infrastructures centered on meeting the needs and shifting the conditions of Black, working-class and transgender, gender nonconforming and intersex communities.

ITUMELENG QHALI

TANZEEM RAZAK

TISA RODRIGUEZ

SIMRAN SINGH

Writer, research and development director, Qhama SHI

Director and founding partner, Lemon Pebble Architects and Urban Designers

Leadership consultant and environmental planner

Executive director, Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program

Johannesburg, South Africa

Perris, Calif., United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

New York, United States

Working for an urban renewal and heritage preservation NGO to build integrated communities and address historical displacement and socioeconomic inequalities for low-income families. Also authoring works focused on women and children’s lives and culture.

Advocating for spatial transformation in South African cities, with a focus on design in areas of limited resources, particularly townships. Also tackling gaps in Black female representation and wider racial equity in architecture and urban design.

Pursuing a master’s degree with a dual concentration in conflict resolution and sustainability law — building on a career as an environmental planner with expertise in transportation infrastructure.

Leading the Aspen Instiute’s Religion & Society Program, which ignites change through convening, catalyzing and researching the challenges and opportunities at the convergence of religion, culture and justice.

PUMLA VILAKAZI

RONALD WESSO

TSIONE WOLDE-MICHAEL

LWANDO XASO

Founder and chief executive officer, Sasopsbiz Foundation

Co-director, Beneficial Technologies

Founder, Including Society

Durban, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Executive director, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

Johannesburg, South Africa

Washington, D.C., United States

Contributing to an entrepreneurial revolution in South Africa by offering business incubation services to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Supporting anti-racist, feminist, labor and community movements as a researcher, writer and popular educator. Focused on movement-building strategies in the face of extractivist, neoliberal capitalism. Currently writing a novel about prison abolition.

Leading a high-profile committee to advise the U.S. president on policy objectives, public/private partnerships and programs to enhance support for the arts, humanities, and museum and library services across the country.

Promoting democracy and constitutionalism as a lawyer, writer, speaker, aspiring historian and founder of her own consultancy, Including Society.

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Working toward real-world solutions to global inequalities.

BASED AT THE INTERNATIONAL INEQUALITIES INSTITUTE, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

2017 Fellows

FOLA ADELEKE

SAIDA ALI

SEBASTIAN BOCK

MELANIE R. BROWN

Data privacy lawyer

Global program manager, Hivos Foundation

Germany director, Transport & Environment

Nairobi, Kenya

Berlin, Germany

Deputy director, global policy and advocacy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Halifax, Canada

Washington, D.C., United States

Working on transparency and corporate accountability; with a current focus on the monetization of our personal data and its impact on the right to privacy and access to information.

Working on gender equality, diversity and inclusion issues, with particular attention to social and economic rights related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics.

Working on the transformation of the transport and automotive sector in Germany at Europe’s leading clean transport campaign group.

Leading the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation engagement with influential constituencies across North America, focusing on public education, economic mobility and public policy. Speaking and writing on race, gender, inequality and philanthropy.

JOEY HASSON

TRACY JOOSTE

PRIYANKA K

ROSE LONGHURST

Senior program officer for human rights, Sigrid Rausing Trust

Social impact consultant

Ph.D. student, department of sociology, University of Cambridge

Head, democratic renewal team, Open Society Foundations Europe and Central Asia

Cape Town, South Africa

London, England

New Delhi, India

Berlin, Germany

Identifying, assessing and supporting grantee organizations at local and national levels to advance universal human rights and justice.

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Championing fairer access to housing, water, sanitation and health care for lowincome households in South Africa, with a focus on women and youth.

Studying as a doctoral candidate in sociology and a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge.

Co-founded Chitrakoot Collective, a grassroots feminist organization working on all things genderrelated.

Supporting democratic innovation across Europe.

Championing participatory decision-making as an approach to equity.

JOHNNY MILLER

MASANA MULAUDZI

JACK NISSAN

FREDRICK OUKO ALUCHELI

Photographer, Unequal Scenes; News Fellow, Code for Africa; founder, africanDRONE

Senior manager, campaign organizing (movement building), Wikimedia Foundation

Mukilteo, Wash., United States

Johannesburg, South Africa

Director, Tinderbox Collective; board member, Music Education Partnership Group/ We Make Music Scotland

Co-chief executive and transformation officer, ADD (Action on Disability and Development) International

Edinburgh, Scotland

Nairobi, Kenya

Working to creatively communicate systems and processes relating to economic, environmental and social justice issues.

Managing a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a drone community “for good.”

Leading the implementation, management, supervision and evaluation of campaign organizing for the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia.

Building a collective of young people, musicians, artists and youth workers. Finding creative and collaborative ways of bringing people together, building community and opening up opportunities for children and young people.

Empowering disability activists in Africa and Asia, and campaigning for equality and disability inclusion.

LOUIS OYARO

LOUISE RUSSELLPRYWATA

JANE SLOANE

APPU ESTHOSE SURESH

Director of policy and advocacy, OpenOwnership

Senior director, women’s empowerment and gender equality, The Asia Foundation

Founder and chief executive officer, Pixstory

Gillingham, England

Sausalito, Calif., United States

Working on public policy reform at the intersection of anti-corruption and tax justice to increase the accountability of elite individuals and corporations to citizens and societies.

Providing intellectual and programmatic leadership for The Asia Foundation’s programs to empower women and advance gender equality in Asia.

Human rights consultant Heidelberg, Germany

Working on projects ranging from how international nongovernmental organizations work in the global south to those focused on human and disability rights.

New Delhi, India

Creating the space to build people’s narratives which are alternative, non-singular, personal and political.

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2018 FELLOWS

RANIA M. TARAZI Gender and development professional Amman, Jordan

Working on advancing gender equality in the Arab region, with interest and experience in research and projects for policy and legal reform, care and informal work, and social protection focusing on disadvantaged communities.

Fellows at the reception for the program’s Keynote Lecture in January 2024. Credit: Carl Goodwin.

HILLARY VIPOND

MILENA ABRAHAMYAN

KRIPA BASNYAT

NICOLA BROWNE

Ph.D. student, department of economic history, London School of Economics and Political Science

Feminist justice and peace activist

National project coordinator, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Founding coordinator, Act Now; a fellow for peace and leadership, Social Change Initiative

Kathmandu, Nepal

Newtownabbey, England

Promoting women’s decent employment and public investments in the care economy and coordinating a UN Women-ILO joint program in Nepal.

Building a people-powered campaigning community to take coordinated action for progressive change across Northern Ireland; supporting communities in their campaigning for socioeconomic rights.

Yerevan, Armenia

London, England

Researching why improvements to technological efficiency have been primarily converted into increased consumption rather than leisure. Focusing on climate change and inequality implications.

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Supporting local and international organizations with capacity building, facilitation and research on feminist peace and gender justice.

LAUREN BURKE

TANYA CHARLES

ALLISON CORKERY

RENATA CUK

Organizing Institute Assistant Director, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Senior program and impact lead (Fellow engagement), Atlantic Institute

Director, law program, WIEGO Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing

Director of programs, Ariadne Network

Bicester, England

Johannesburg, South Africa

Focusing on training organizers to have the skills needed to win campaigns that build workers’ power and improve wages and working conditions.

Leading on in-person and online programming, including the Global Atlantic Fellows Annual Convening, the annual flagship event.

Also providing strategic support to the Global Atlantic Fellows Advisory Board (GFAB).

Supporting, strengthening and connecting organizations of the working poor to enable them to amplify their collective voice in the policymaking and rulesetting bodies that affect their work and lives.

Connecting European donors and foundation staff working to support social change, human dignity, human rights and justice.

TAYLOR DOWNS

CRAIG TINASHE DUBE

ELIMANE HABY KANE

MILANOI KOIYIET

Founder and head of product, open function group; colead, information mediation group, GovStack initiative

Lead trainer, No Means No Worldwide

Founder and chairman, LEGSAfrica (Leadership, Ethics, Governance, Strategies for Africa)

Human rights lawyer; cofounder, Center for Women’s Rights Advocacy

Dakar, Senegal

Nairobi, Kenya

Nurturing leadership against inequality through democratic and economic governance policies and systems-monitoring research into public-private power relations in extractive industries and the promotion of young entrepreneurs.

Working toward gender equality and an end to violence against women and girls, including those with disabilities; mentoring of young women and girls in pastoral communities; advancing the rights of the marginalized.

London, England

Takoma Park, Md., United States

Leiden, Netherlands

London, England

Supporting governments and non-governmental organizations in scaling health, humanitarian and child protection interventions via secure, responsible dataintegration, automation and interoperability initiatives.

Working with a sexual violence prevention organization that supports and trains organizations in high-risk environments to deliver a rape prevention curriculum to boys (intervention and positive masculinity) and girls (empowerment and selfdefense).

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JAMES MURAGURI

ROSELINE ORWA

ANITA PEÑA SAAVEDRA

GABRIELLA RAZZANO

Founder and chief executive officer, Institute of Public Finance Kenya

Founder and chief executive officer, Rona Foundation

Executive director, OpenUp

Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya

Head, International Affairs Department, Ministry of Women and Gender Equality, Government of Chile

Cape Town, South Africa

Santiago, Chile

Focusing as a public finance practitioner on how public finance management can address inequalities at both national and subnational government level.

Building change as a grassroots gender, policy and development champion, with a focus on social, economic and leadership training for widows and schoolgirls, and working with male champions to change harmful traditional practices around widowhood.

Leading the International Affairs Department and focusing on the intersectional factors that intervene in gender inequality.

ANJALI SARKER

MAUREEN SIGAUKE

PEDRO TELLES

Program director, The Oxford Character Project, University of Oxford

Social justice, labor and community activist; consultant

Co-founder and director, Quid; co-founder and board member, Advocacy Hub

Kwekwe, Zimbabwe

Oxford, England

Focusing on systems change and responsible leadership at the Oxford Character Project; previously at BRAC in Bangladesh, leading a project providing one million women with access to digital financial services.

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São Paulo, Brazil

Leading/facilitating community-based initiatives to strengthen community cohesion and participation in interrelated socioeconomic issues, with a focus on children and youth education. Advocating inclusion and leadership for vulnerable groups.

Specializing in advocacy, civic engagement and public policy, with extensive experience of working with civil society organizations, movements, funders and in the public sector.

Working on issues of digital inequalities in Africa, and empowering people and governments through data, technology and innovation.

2019 FELLOWS

Cohort 6 Fellows at Module 3 in April 2023. Credit: Catarina Heeckt.

MADHUMITHA ARDHANARI

SOPHEA CHREK

DELLA Z DUNCAN

ALON-LEE GREEN

Climate justice activist and Ph.D. candidate, University of Exeter and University of Queensland

Coordinator, social action for community and development

Renegade economist; host of “Upstream” podcast; coach and facilitator, Right Livelihood

National co-director, Standing Together

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

England and Austraila

Inquiring into circularity in critical minerals and sediment extraction, and coaching businesses and organizations to awaken agency and systemic leadership in the face of climate breakdown and various other long-term realities.

Tel Aviv, Israel

San Francisco, United States

Working toward a just economy, social justice, gender justice, people participatory democracy and systemic change.

Inviting paradigm and worldview shifts to contribute to the just transition to more equitable and sustainable economies through storytelling, coaching, consulting and facilitating.

Organizing people with the aim of building a political alternative of social justice, equality and peace. Coordinating struggles against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, and injustices and inequalities.

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2019 Fellows

JOAN JONES

ASHA KOWTAL

Executive director, Service Employees International Union, Washington State Council

Dalit rights activist and founder, DalitWomenFight.org New Delhi, India

Seattle, United States

HOBETH MARTÍNEZ CARRILLO Ph.D. candidate, department of sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science

ESTHER MWEMA Founder and curator, Safety First for Girls Lusaka, Zambia

London, England

Leading progressive change in the United States Workers Rights Movement and building a more equitable world for all people, especially those who experience marginalization across various forms of intersectional identities.

Leading a grassroots campaign addressing structural violence against the most marginalized women.

Working on the transitional justice process in Colombia and researching how to link redress for human rights violations for the fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights and the reduction of structural inequalities.

Using art to build tools toward girls’ safety (via Safety First for Girls) and increase digital citizenship in local communities (via Digital Grassroots).

An expert in internet governance, inequality and innovation.

LIZ NELSON

FOLUKE ADETOLA OJELABI

MICHAELA RAFFERTY

LEANNE SAJOR

Advocacy officer, UNICEF

Youth engagement and campaigns organizer, Just for Kids Law

New York, United States

London, England

Director, Funders for a Just Economy Program, Neighborhood Funders Group

Advocating for children’s rights, promoting access, demand and equity for public services needed by children and women, especially the most marginalized.

Engaging with young people who have been excluded from mainstream education to enable them to become social action leaders in transforming the use of school exclusions and advocating for a more inclusive education system.

Director, tax justice and human rights, Tax Justice Network Oxford, England

Drawing on research and practice to forge alliances to strengthen the narrative of how tax justice underpins equality, militates against discrimination and supports the realization of human rights.

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New York, United States

Working on issues at the intersections of labor rights and economic justice, decolonizing development policies, women’s rights, gender justice and feminist philanthropy.

2020 FELLOWS

CRYSTAL SIMEONI

KITTI BARACSI

MARIA CARRASCO

Director, Nawi: Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective

Learning coordinator, TuTela Learning Network; learning and research consultant

Co-founder and executive director, Entramada

Nairobi, Kenya

CHRISTOPHER CHOONG WENG WAI Ph.D. candidate, University of Warwick

Santiago, Chile

Lisbon, Portugal

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Working to influence macrolevel economic policies from a Pan-African feminist analysis across regional and global spaces.

Creating spaces of collective learning and creative action to fight urban inequalities, with children, young people and women. Connecting experiences of grassroots activism to spread existing but marginalized models of change.

Generating networks of cooperation and articulation of the social fabric in local spaces and strengthening local communities via work framed as “the good living concept.”

Researching the everyday reproduction of poverty, inequality and exclusion, with a focus on the political economies of Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

AMANDA YOUNG

DANILO CURCIC Program coordinator, A11 Initiative for Economic and Social Rights

ANDREA ENCALADA GARCÍA

MAURO FERNANDEZ

Executive director, Pollination Melbourne, Australia

Belgrade, Serbia

Founder and president, Sociedad y Naturaleza

Regional Development Undersecretary’s adviser, Government of Chile

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Santiago, Chile

Working as an Indigenous equity practitioner across political, social, economic and environmental spheres.

Tackling housing and other social inequalities among the most vulnerable communities in Serbia, and bringing economic and social rights back to the agendas of decision-makers.

Addressing the strengthening of subnational governments and Chile’s decentralization process.

Building and communicating ecological and social transitions toward fairer, inclusive and sustainable livelihoods for all.

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CLAIRE GODFREY

GEORGIA HADDAD NICOLAU

MÁXIMO ERNESTO JARAMILLO-MOLINA

Director and co-founder, Instituto Procomum; strategic dialogue facilitator for civil society organizations

Founder, Instituto de Estudios Sobre la Desigualdad (INDESIG); associate professor, University of Guadalajara

São Paulo, Brazil

Guadalajara, Mexico

Providing expertise on campaigning on global poverty, social and economic justice issues, and sustainable development.

Working for the Commons; facilitator in collective construction processes; founder/project director of the Procomum Institute, an organization focused on culture, technology, politics and citizenship.

Working on a deconstruction of myths of meritocracy and other narratives that justify inequality, with academic research, activism and dissemination though social networks.

Working on transforming the care economy, promoting the elimination of gender-based violence at work, advancing intersectionality in labor law, expanding women’s power in the union movement, and addressing deepened precariousness in value chains.

IMOGEN RICHMONDBISHOP

MOHAMMED-ANWAR SADAT ADAM

TYEHIMBA SALANDY

OABONA SEPORA

Researcher and adviser on ESCR and tech, Algorithmic Accountability Lab, Amnesty International

Programs and policy influencing lead, Oxfam

Sociologist, University of the West Indies; director, Institute of Indigenous Knowledge, Empowerment and Research

Executive director, Friends of Diversity

Public policy specialist and campaign strategist Oxford, England

Accra, Ghana

London, England

Focusing on how technologies are being used to exacerbate inequality and create new forms of rights violations.

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Working with civil society in designing national, regional and global influencing strategies, coalition- and network-building to influence governments, international institutions, private sector and other institutions.

VIVIANA OSORIO PÉREZ Equality and inclusion consultant, Solidarity Center Medellín, Colombia

Tlokweng, Botswana

Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago

Working on decolonizing global and local spaces and self through dialogue, alternative media and Indigenous knowledge.

Advancing the rights of key populations in Botswana within the areas of legal and policy reform, mental health and civic action.

MIRILOVE TAY ACQUAH-HAGAN Finance and administration officer/ gender focal person, German Development Cooperation (GIZ, Ghana); management consultant; co-founder, WODIF Ghana

BARBARA VAN PAASSEN

IRENE WAKARINDI

Feminist economics and climate justice advocate; creator and host of “People vs Inequality Podcast”

Program officer, resettlement and integration, International Organization for Migration

Amsterdam, Netherlands

London, England

Supporting changemakers in their work for social justice by drawing on her own experience in policymaking, research, advocacy and campaigning.

Working to make refugee policy and governance structures more transparent, accountable and inclusive, with the aim of providing an opportunity for economic integration in host countries/ countries of asylum.

Accra, Ghana

Promoting digital and financial literacy as a sustainable tool for addressing inequalities and alleviating poverty, and supporting development partners with gender mainstreaming initiatives in Ghana.

Fellows at the AFSEE Leadership Summit in January 2023. Credit: Catarina Heeckt.

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2021 Fellows

AISHA ABDULAZIZ

RAFAEL BARRIO DE MENDOZA ZEVALLOS

SERGIO CHAPARRO HERNANDEZ

RUBY HEMBROM

Ph.D. candidate, University of Cambridge

International policy and advocacy lead, Tax Justice Network

Kolkata, India

London, England

London, England

Providing expertise in projects that aim to increase access to sustainable energy services for households, public facilities and enterprises in eastern and southern Africa.

Focusing on the emergence of experimental evidentiary practices in the context of environmental deterioration and advancing a critical approach to the political economy of the energy transition, the digital possibilities for progressive politics and informational commons.

Working in international human rights organizations and forging alliances across movements and geographies to advance economic justice at a global level.

Amplifying the voices of the Adivasi (Indigenous people of India) and sharing their experiences through her nonprofit organization, Adivaani.

MYRIAM HERNÁNDEZ

KRUSKAYA HIDALGO CORDERO

ISHRAT JAHAN

MAKMID KAMARA

South Asia lead, 1t.org, World Economic Forum

Regional director for Africa & the Middle East, International Fund for Public Interest Media

Energy access specialist; Ph.D. candidate, department of science, technology, engineering & public policy, University College London London, England

Education inequalities adviser and documentary film producer Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Field organizing specialist for the Solidarity Center, Mexico; founder, Observatorio de Plataformas (Platform Observatory)

Maharashtra, India

Founder and director, Adivaani

Accra, Ghana

Mexico City, Mexico

Producing storytelling campaigns to address educational inequalities for Indigenous youth in Mexico.

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Challenging the poor working conditions and human rights violations for workers in platform economies, and presenting alternatives for decent work and ethical consumption.

Working on forest conservation and restoration, keeping Indigenous communities at the center as part of the World Economic Forum’s efforts to accelerate nature-based solutions.

Enabling media markets in Africa and the Middle East to work for democracy.

CAROLINE KIOKO

MADHURESH KUMAR

KEVIN LIVERPOOL

CLARE MACGILLIVRAY

Gender equity and social inclusion manager, Porticus Global

Climate justice activist and researcher; resistance studies fellow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Partnerships specialist, No Means No Worldwide

Director, Making Rights Real

Nairobi, Kenya

Tranent, Scotland

San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago

Paris, France

Developing structures through policies, strategies and operational frameworks that are inclusive and enable equity for all genders and the socially excluded.

Focusing on building the next generation of leadership within the climate justice movements for the rapid phase-out of fossil-fuels; and developing just, decentralized alternatives and movement networks to tackle the climate crisis.

Working with community organizations to end sexual and gender-based violence globally.

Working alongside marginalized groups to use the power of human rights for economic, social and cultural change.

JENNY MCENEANEY

JITE PHIDO

ZEPHANIE REPOLLO

DANIEL SALAZAR MURILLO

Senior improvement policy adviser on cyber, digital and technology, Local Government Association

Senior program manager for innovation, Results For Development

Southeast Asia co-director, Just Associates

Data analyst lead, Atlantic Institute

London, England

London, England

Providing expertise on digital inequalities and inclusive governance.

Challenging dominant norms of global philanthropy in innovation, and analyzing equitable and inclusive funding practices that emphasize local voice, power and agency for leading systems transformation.

Oxford, England

Siaton, Negros Oriental, Philippines

Working with diverse networks in Southeast Asia, particularly those involving rural and Indigenous women and the LGBTQ community in defense of land, water, territories and human rights.

Helping the Atlantic Institute to facilitate connections among the hundreds of Atlantic Fellows and understand the impact they are making in challenging inequities.

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2022 FELLOWS

AMANDA SEGNINI

JAMES AUNG

CARLOS BROWN SOLÀ

LEAH ERYENYU

Climate justice activist and co-founder, Engajamundo

Operations manager, Organic Roots Myanmar

Research and fiscal justice director, Oxfam Méxicoj

Feminist political economy analyst

London, England

Haywards Heath, England

Mexico City, Mexico

Building movements and facilitating community engagement to promote systemic change and climate justice.

Working as a community mobilizer to bring together different ethnic groups from Myanmar.

Working to push for fiscal and economic justice in Mexico and Latin America, from a human rights and inequalities perspective.

Deploying Pan-African and intersectional feminist tools of inquiry to examine and understand systemic injustices and their manifestations, and challenging and dismantling structural inequalities in a world increasingly controlled by plutocrats.

ROSARIO FASSINA

PRIYANKA JAIN

LILY JAMALUDIN

Coordinator, Right to the City program, Civil Association for Equality and Justice

Labor activist and researcher

Campaign manager, Small Axe

Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

London, England

Building a movement against the ravaging effects of the occupational disease of silicosis in western India, particularly among stonecarving workers.

Helping all parts of society contribute toward creating a world that values justice, safety, care and liberation.

Kampala, Uganda

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Coordinating various research and advocacy projects to promote slum residents’ rights, encourage governments to guarantee their participation in public policy design and promote equal treatment for all inhabitants of Buenos Aires.

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NALEDI MAITE Feminist movement builder and civil society professional Johannesburg, South Africa

ENAMUL MAZID KHAN SIDDIQUE Activist and civil society professional

T.O. MOLEFE

SEBASTIÁN MUÑOZ PÉREZ

Coordinator, Collective Media Cooperative Ltd.

Co-founder, Laboratorio 9x18, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Geneva, Switzerland

Bristol, England

Sylhet, Bangladesh

Curating and facilitating platforms for dialogue and learning for African women as a pathway to achieving social justice and systems change.

Working with others in the global south to decolonize the governance of environmental commons and investments for climate justice.

Working on editorial projects for movements, organizations, publishers and individuals working toward the common good and focusing on the intersection of three perspectives: sociality, digitality and decoloniality.

Developing public policies on social housing and deprived neighborhoods.

STEPHANIE NWAORONI AKINWOYA

ROOS SAALBRINK

SALMAN USMANI

GABRIELA VALENCIA

Ph.D. candidate, The Open University

Global lead on economic justice and public services, ActionAid International

Communications coordinator, Atlantic Institute

Urban development consultant, Inter-American Development Bank

Oxford, England

Panama City, Panama

Milton Keynes, England

London, England

Working with the government and nongovernmental organizations in the area of education to ensure that every child in Nigeria, irrespective of status or location, has access to quality education.

Creating inclusive spaces to discuss power, women’s rights and economics.

Providing expertise on economic justice, focusing on fiscal policy and the impact on financing of genderresponsive public services, social protection and environmental policies.

Promoting Atlantic Fellows and the Atlantic community on a global stage by amplifying their impact on the world. He is interested in media and technology policy, information architecture and narrative change.

Establishing partnerships with communities in Panama and leading infrastructure, health, gender equality and economic initiatives alongside local and international organizations.

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HAMIDREZA VASHEGHANIFARAHANI

RHOMIR YANQUILING

Researcher and civil society professional

Head, knowledge management and policy unit, Nature Sustainability and Local Development Center

London, England

Lingayen, Philippines

Researching disability rights, ableism and neurodiversity, and promoting the social model of disability as a tool to address institutional and discursive roots of inequality and exclusion experienced by individuals with a disability.

Facilitating local development initiatives and capacity building in communities, conducting research on environmental justice and climate change adaptation, and advocating human rights and sustainable development.

L-R: Crystal Simeoni, Pedro Telles and Allison Corkery at the AFSEE Leadership Summit in January 2023. Credit: Catarina Heeckt.

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2023 FELLOWS

AHMAD ZEYAD ABU HUSSIEN Urbanist, Greater Amman Municipality

LYLA ADWAN-KAMARA

MANAR ALZRAIY

JOSEPHINE CHINAME

Team leader, Options Consultancy Services Ltd.

Teacher, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Responsible Investments and Business Program Lead, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association

London, England

London, England

Accra, Ghana

London, England

Developing and implementing urban strategies aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Leading a four-year, UK aid-funded mental health and disability program in Ghana called Ghana Somubi Dwumadie (Ghana Participation Program).

Addressing inequality through youth empowerment and education and teaching at UNRWA’s Education Program and their Small & Medium Enterprise Business Training program.

Coordinating initiatives contributing toward a more inclusive, just, accountable and equitable business within Zimbabwe’s and Africa’s natural resources sector.

PASCALE FRAZERCARROLL

STEPHANIE GOMES REIS

DIANA IBRAHIM

Communications specialist, AECOM do Brasil

Feminist researcher and gender equality specialist

MAVIS ANNA KOOGOTSITSE

London, England

London, England

Campaigner and social impact director

Executive secretary, Southern Africa Trade Union Coordination Council

London, England

London, England

Leading teams to support millions of people to use digital mobilizing tools to increase their ability to speak out against injustices and run people-powered campaigns.

Working on the resolution of socio-technical controversies in the wake of environmental disasters and the search for environmental justice.

Engaging with issues of gender-based violence, women’s economic empowerment and genderresponsive workplace policies.

Advocating for the protection of labor rights through the Trade Union Coordination Council, a platform for trade unions and workers to engage with governments and employers nationally and regionally through the active and effective participation of affiliate national federations.

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NAJMA MOHAMED

OMAR MOHAMMED

EKO OCTAVIANUS CHALIM

Head of nature-based solutions, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Chief executive officer, The Cropper Foundation

Director, Sahabat Laut Lestari (SLL)

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Bali, Indonesia

Antananarivo, Madagascar

Working at the intersection of climate, nature and social justice in development policy and practice, focusing on ideas and solutions that address climate change, fight inequality and restore nature.

Advancing sustainable development in the Caribbean through sustainability-focused interventions that include data science and technology for sustainability, natural capital accounting and economics, and civil society governance and strengthening.

Overseeing the operations of SLL, which focuses on sustainable fisheries implementation, with a strong emphasis on ecological, social and economic aspects.

Seeking to support and develop resilience among youth in crisis, including youth in conflict with the law, children living in extreme poverty and runaway youths.

KATY RUBIN

SABA SAEED

YARA SHAWKY SHAHIN

THOMAS SMITH

Legislative Theatre practitioner and creative civic strategist

Research analyst, Unbounded Associates

Researcher and civil society professional

Manchester, England

Lahore, Pakistan

Cairo, Egypt

Senior director (organizing), Communications Workers of America

Sussex, England

HENINTSOA RAKOTOARISON Founder and president, Hay Kanto

Florida, United States

Developing, implementing and amplifying Legislative Theatre across the U.S. and the U.K., working in partnership with city councils, national government and community groups.

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Coordinating research and advocacy projects to promote equal treatment for women and marginalized groups in Pakistan and East Africa.

Working with international organizations, funders and bilateral donors to enhance the resilience of civil society organizations so they can serve their communities and advocate for the rights of those who are voiceless and marginalized.

Organizing tens of thousands of workers in tech and video games, and pioneering organizing strategies that have informed trade union programs across the globe.

Recently graduated Fellows from the program onstage at the Global Atlantic Fellows Annual Convening 2023, in Rhodes House, Oxford. Credit: Lee Atherton.

Atlantic Fellow, Maureen Sigauke, at a Thematic Convening to examine the levers of power, policy change and political action, in Brazil, in August 2023.

Credit: Tuca Vieira.

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Harnessing Indigenous knowledge and ingenuity for social impact.

BASED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

2018 Fellows

MARCUS AKUHATA-BROWN

DURKHANAI AYUBI

ROXANNE BAINBRIDGE

JODY BARNEY

Pou Whakatere, Deputy Secretary Māori, Ministry of Justice, New Zealand Government

Writer and restaurateur

Director, Center for Indigenous Health Equity Research

Leading consultant, Deaf Indigenous community consultancy

Cairns, Australia

Shepparton, Vic., Australia

Waterfall Gully, S.A., Australia

Wellington, New Zealand

Working with others to lead and contribute to multigenerational Indigenous societal reformation that promotes the use and recognition of ancient knowledge to generate creative modern solutions.

Working to decode what power could look like, based on a reconstructed sense of identity, and communicating this through speaking and writing, as well as making and sharing traditional Afghan food to shift boundaries.

Developing and evaluating the social and emotional learning strategies implemented in Queensland boarding schools, to help remote Indigenous students better engage in life and learning.

Working with many complex Indigenous communications styles, especially for Deaf and hard-of-hearing peoples, as a proud Birri-Gubba, Woppaburra Deaf woman and qualified disability cultural consultant.

NICK EAKIN

SEAN GORDON

ARIADNE GORRING

NICOLE JENKINS

Director, Bespoke Advantage

Managing director, Gidgee Group Consulting and Partnerships Pty. Ltd.

Co-chief executive officer, Pollination Foundation

Executive director, The Centre - Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre

Central Coast, N.S.W., Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Hamilton, N.S.W., Australia

Focused on crossdisciplinary, humanto-human interactions, neuroscience-based coaching and well-being, partnerships, strategy and implementation for not-for-profits, and remote area logistics.

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Working on the social and economic disparity of Indigenous Australians, ensuring that legislation, policy and programs have a positive impact, leading to opportunities for Indigenous economic empowerment and independence.

Lismore, N.S.W., Australia

Elevating community-based climate solutions, unlocking incentives to sustain nature, and weaving local and global communities of practice to accelerate a just transition to a climate-resilient future.

Practicing ways of working guided by community development principles to ensure the voices of community are elevated.

MAGGIE KAVANAGH

FAYE MCMILLAN

DAMIEN MILLER

LEANNE MILLER

Independent consultant

Professor of Indigenous health, University of Technology Sydney; deputy national rural health commissioner (Allied Health & First Nations)

Minister Counsellor for Strategic Communications, Australian Embassy (in U.S.)

Executive director, Koorie Women Mean Business

Alice Springs, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Washington, D.C., United States

Coolamon, N.S.W., Australia

Supporting Aboriginal people’s aspirations of greater agency in the governance and control of their desert communities and organizations by championing Anangu women’s law and the continuation of their culture.

Enabling rural and remote health care professionals to work collegially within multidisciplinary teams that place the patient at the center of care, ensuring better health outcomes.

Developing a hub for best practice policy to improve socioeconomic outcomes for Indigenous peoples, particularly in the IndoPacific.

EVIE O’BRIEN

DEAN PARKIN

MICHELLE STEELE

Executive director, Atlantic Institute

Director, From the Heart

Chief First Nations officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation

Melbourne, Australia

Oxford, England

Leading the Atlantic Institute to support Atlantic Fellows across the world to accelerate the eradication of inequities for fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies.

Establishing a First Nation farmers collective to achieve their goals of generating intergenerational wealth on traditional or private lands, creating change in four states with up to 28 entities.

Canberra, Australia

Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organizations and communities to craft their own narratives and lead their own change and development.

Leading the foundation’s commitment to contribute toward the selfdetermination of First Nations peoples, families and communities, to collaborate for meaningful change, for a future where every person and community has what they need to thrive.

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Jonathon Captain-Webb, 2022 Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity, at a traditional smoking ceremony. Credit: Tiffany Garvie.

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PETER ANDERSON

ALISON BENTICK

PENELOPE JONES

JONATHAN KNEEBONE

Executive director and professor of education, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology

Senior adviser, National Indigenous Australians Agency

Assistant secretary, digital ID communication, inclusion and governance, Australian Department of Finance

Director, policy and engagement, First Nations Clean Energy Network

Dubbo, N.S.W., Australia

Brisbane, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Canberra, Australia

Developing dynamic approaches to embedding First Nation perspectives into western educational systems through professional development capacity building, using digital pedagogies and curriculum frameworks.

Co-designing strategies with Indigenous regional governance bodies to achieve equity. Seeking to close the gap in disadvantage through policies aimed at decision-making rights and empowerment.

Reducing the digital divide by working in partnership with groups at risk of missing out, so that everyone who would like a digital ID can get one. Leading national communications on Australia’s digital ID system and overseeing system governance.

Ensuring First Nations participate in and benefit from Australia’s clean energy transition by establishing and enabling collaborations, disrupting entrenched and extractive systems, and advocating for an inclusive and regenerative economy.

JANINE MOHAMED

HEATH NELSON

KARRINA NOLAN

CHARLES O’LEARY

Chief executive officer, Lowitia Institute

General manager, communities and heritage, Mineral Resources Ltd.

Director, Original Power

Gisborne, Vic., Australia

Fremantle, Australia

Director, Aboriginal culture and healing, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet VIC

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Developing The International Alliance of First Nations Nurses, connecting and fostering their sense of resilience and mutual commitment to increase recognition, value and voice of First Nations nurses at an international level.

Building Indigenous business capability through the implementation of Indigenous procurement targets and strategies.

Opening doors of opportunity to Indigenous entrepreneurs.

Building the power of Indigenous peoples through organizing and campaigning.

Working in partnership with existing campaigns, allies, networks and initiatives to power people, campaigns and solutions.

Delivering an evidencedbased, Indigenous Australian strategy and outcomes, supported by the ability to develop trusting and ethical relationships with the Indigenous community and colleagues from across the sector.

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RAYMOND ORR

TANIA POUWHARE

DARYLE RIGNEY

PEKERI RUSKA

Director, Native American and Global Indigenous Studies Program, and Elizabeth B. White Endowed Chair in Politics, University of Miami

Pou Kahukura, Mana Ātea

Director and professor, Indigenous nation-building and governance research hub, Jumbunna Institute, University of Technology Sydney

Ph.D. candidate, RMIT University; co-founder and director, Goompi Projects and Goompi Give and Grow

Adelaide, Australia

North Stradbroke Island, Qld., Australia

Auckland, New Zealand

Miami, United States

Engaging in treaty-making debates in Australia, considering how testimonials about treaties and selfdetermination from Indigenous and nonIndigenous peoples in the United States and Aotearoa would positively affect discussions in Australia.

Disrupting the extractive economy by demonstrating an economy of mana, economic development which serves the well-being of our biosphere and selfdetermination of Indigenous peoples.

Leading applied research, collaboration and practices for transformative Indigenous nation-building and governance.

Ensuring all First Nations peoples of today and tomorrow are strong and proud of their identity, and have access to land, culture and Goenpul knowledge systems.

ALEX SPLITT

JUDITH “HUTI” WATSON

SHANE WEBSTER

JUANITA WHEELER

Manging director, Bundyi Girri Consulting

Executive director, Jureda

Chief executive officer, Jawun

Tairawhiti, New Zealand

Adelaide, Australia

Founder and strategist, Full & Frank; executive director, TEDxBrisbane

Melbourne, Australia

Brisbane, Australia

Advancing social and economic outcomes of First Peoples, specializing in the co-design, development and implementation of strategic policy frameworks to facilitate the social and economic equity for First Peoples.

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Developing an innovative, locally-driven health promotion program to strengthen and develop Indigenous communityled approaches to health improvement, and increase community engagement and ownership of wellness.

Supporting First Nations to become digitally empowered, enabling them to prosper from the new digital economy.

Training thought leaders to champion their ideas on the TEDx stage, advancing reforms, attracting funding and changing hearts and minds.

2021 FELLOWS

INDU BALACHANDRAN

MARC BENNIE

BOYD BROUGHTON

RAYMOND BRUNKER

Director of strategic support, Aboriginal Housing Office

Freelance consultant in social equity, corporate diversity programs, community partnerships and fundraising

Chief executive officer, Te Taumata Hauora o Te Kahu o Taonui IMPB; director of health, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua

Director, human services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service

Sydney, Australia

Auckland, New Zealand

Brisbane, Australia

Supporting for-purpose organizations and movements through strategy and governance expertise, within government, social and commercial institutions, and civic society.

Creating capacity for small business environments to incorporate deeper collaboration with minority groups. Enabling greater visibility and access to genuine cultural education and engagement to create more equitable futures for all.

Revitalizing the Māori language with his children raised as native speakers. Contributing to transformation of the health system with a focus on equity of access, resourcing and outcomes for Māori whilst sharing love, laughter and amazing dad jokes.

Exploring how to redesign family services to work alongside families in building their restoration.

TEGAN BURNS

KAYE-MAREE DUNN

ADAM FLETCHER

RACHAEL GALWAY

Co-founder and director, Goompi Give and Grow Ltd. and Goompi Projects

Director, Making Everything Achievable, Ahau NZ Ltd.; chief executive officer, Indigital Blockchain Ltd.

Associate director, N.S.W./A.C.T. Indigenous business and community, National Australia Bank

Manager, housing and well-being support, Kāinga Ora–Lower South Region

Wainuiomata, New Zealand

East Maitland, N.S.W., Australia

Working to lift the capability of whānau, hapū and iwi to grow their collective prosperity through Indigenous-centered capital flow, design and technology.

Exploring how First Nations communities can build economic sovereignty through coordinated action to support the nations’ other sovereign objectives.

Sydney, Australia

North Stradbroke Island, Qld., Australia

Developing a strengthbased approach to identify opportunities and ways to empower the Quandamooka community that ensures members are spiritually and mentally strong, immersed and proud of their culture, and create positive outcomes.

Auckland, New Zealand

Exploring the experience of whānau involved in statutory child protection processes to develop resources and supports to improve their participation and equity.

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ELLA HAVELKA

DEAN HETA

SAMMY HUGHES

HAROLD LUDWICK

Dancer, choreographer, managing director and founder, The ELLA Foundation

Senior manager, First Peoples Engagement

Chief adviser, curriculum futures, Ministry of Education; and chair, Nōna Te Ao Charitable Trust

Cultural awareness and cultural heritage protection facilitator

Geelong, Vic., Australia

Sydney, Australia

Hope Vale, Qld., Australia

Gisborne, New Zealand

Creating new pathways for First Nations storytelling through dance, Wiradjuri language revitalization and traditional weaving.

Making a difference in the world by continuing to share his cultural knowledge with his people, knowledge that has been shared with him and passed down for thousands of years.

Building sustainable communities through growing the socioeconomic outcomes of rural Māori as well as contributing to wider issues through climate change work in the Pacific.

Designing a project to reveal Indigenous narratives of historical events in Australia by co-authoring a book in which they strongly push for acceptance in the Australian curriculum.

LISA MCMURRAY

TE TAIAWATEA MOKO-PAINTING

MERIKI ONUS

ANGELA RUTTER

Director of First Nations, Foundation of Young Australians

Systems leadership lead, Collaboration for Impact

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Using experience in media and storytelling to share their matriarchal story and the lesson within.

Building allyship and collaborations between Indigenous and nonIndigenous people in Victoria.

Learning and program development manager, Aboriginal Carbon Foundation Sydney, Australia

Pou whakahaere kaupapahere (policy manager), Te Tira Whakamātaki Auckland, New Zealand

Supporting self-determining community development through Indigenous-led nature repair and climate solutions.

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Working to ensure that policy, research and legislation enable and empower Māori leadership and recognize Māori relational connection to the natural world in Aotearoa’s environmental system.

KATRINA SMIT Director, People and Partnerships — Te Ara Tabi, Te Ari Taiwhenua, Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand Maungaraki, New Zealand

Centering joy, abundance and whanaungatanga, being relationally connected, as the foundation for Mana Motuhake, Māori sovereignty and agency.

TRACY WILLIAMS Journalist and consultant Australia

Working in philanthropy, social investment and Indigenous affairs to develop approaches for improving collaboration, engagement and knowledge in the sector.

Christian Lugnan, 2022 Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity. Credit: Tiffany Garvie.

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2022 Fellows

JAKI ADAMS

CAROLYN BARKER

DAMEIN BELL

DAMEYON BONSON

Director, social justice and regional engagement, Office of the CEO, The Fred Hollows Foundation

Senior policy officer, First Languages Australia

Former chief executive officer, Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation

Founder, Black Rainbow, an Indigenous LGBTIQA+SB suicide-prevention foundation

Heywood, Vic., Australia

Darwin, Australia

Battery Hill, Qld., Australia

Alawa, N.T., Australia

From her experiences across government and nongovernment/international development sectors, Jaki is working to define allyship accountability from an Indigenous perspective to unpack the non-negotiables and a tool to assess allyship accountability.

Doing what she is told by Indigenous people she trusts, as they work together to create a new future that aligns with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing and being.

Working on native title, cultural strengthening and heritage as well as community development; exploring ways to recognize and respect cultural landscapes.

Improving the health, wellbeing opportunities and suicide prevention for First Nations sexuality and gender minority groups.

KARLA BRADY

JONATHON CAPTAIN-WEBB

MICHAEL COLEMAN

TUI CRUMPEN

Project manager, Aboriginal Carbon Foundation

Director, Kaiela Institute; Aboriginal academic

Black Rock, Vic., Australia

Shepparton, Vic., Australia

Using carbon funds to provide opportunities for restoration of Country, as well as cultural and social co-benefits.

Building systems to navigate and bridge the cultural interface in First Nation and Australian institutional and organizational contexts, so that Indigenous people can thrive.

Chief executive officer, Hymba Yumba Independent School Brisbane, Australia

Director, Aboriginal cultural heritage, land and economy, Aboriginal Affairs New South Wales Mangrove Mountain (Darkinjung Country), N.S.W., Australia

Championing the self-determination of Queensland’s Aboriginal community-controlled sector in exercising sovereignty, supporting communities and negotiating with state agencies.

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Leading several Aboriginal land justice initiatives within the New South Wales Government, premised on Aboriginal people and communities exercising greater decision-making over their cultural heritage and Country.

MICHELLE JOHANSSON

CHRISTIAN LUGNAN

SIMBA MAREKERA

TARA MOALA

Chief executive officer, Ako Mātātupu: Teach First NZ; creative director, Black Friars Theatre Company

Chief financial officer, Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation

Head, investment management, Brightlight Group

Managing director, Rākau Tautoko, a social enterprise; general manager of outcomes, Tāmaki Regeneration Company

Marsden Park, N.S.W., Australia

Coffs Harbour, N.S.W., Australia

Clover Park, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Using storytelling to work with agents of change in South Auckland to activate Indigenous knowledges and to grow future leaders to serve, lead and rise with their communities.

Offering a different perspective as a First Nations management accountant professional by bringing his ancestors, language and culture into a mainstreamdominated setting.

Using Indigenous-informed investment principles as a tool for investors to influence company and business behavior toward genuine Indigenous and community empowerment.

Activating communityled regeneration through Indigenous and place-based practices; creating a new way forward to empower local community and government representatives to collaborate on a location-specific regenerative future.

SARAH MORRIS

PANIA NEWTON

RAYLENE NIXON

JEWELZ PETLEY

Freelance social and systems change consultant; co-chair, HuiE community, Aotearoa

Lawyer and activist for Māori land rights; co-founder of the campaign and battle to protect ancestral land at Ihumātao

Aboriginal academic; lecturer in rural Aboriginal health, department of rural health, University of Melbourne

Freelance social changemaker, Kaiarahi Hapori - Te Kawerau ā Maki Iwi Tiaki Trust, Innovation Unit Associate

Auckland, New Zealand

Shepparton, Vic., Australia

Hobsonville, New Zealand

Campaigning as an activist for Māori rights, environmental protection and constitutional transformation; recently co-led the #ProtectIhumatāo campaign to protect ancestral land in Auckland from corporate desecration.

Working to address the lack of inclusion and afforded value of Indigenous peoples in their own country; advocating for the elimination of deaths in custody of Aborginal people.

Working alongside Māori and Pasifika communities to create, enable and facilitate equitable change opportunities for whānau, hapori and rangatahi.

Hutt Central, New Zealand

Channeling her energy into fulfilling the vision of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, helping Pākehā be better treaty partners and dismantling neoliberal systems rooted in white supremacy in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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2023 FELLOWS

STACIE PIPER

TE AWA PUKETAPU

STEPHANIE SALEE

MARINA ALEFOSIO

First Nations art curator; cultural dancer and educator; consultant

Principal adviser, treaty partnerships, Abuse in Care, Royal Commission of Inquiry; chair person, Wainuiomata Community Board

Aboriginal cultural coordinator, Bush Heritage Australia

Spoken word poet

Kallista, Vic., Australia

Victoria, Australia

Nhulunbuy, N.T., Australia

Wainuiomata, New Zealand

Facilitating community voices, connecting past and present and highlighting the continuity and importance of cultural values; empowering community to care for Country and heal trauma.

Looking at the next 40 years of te reo Māori revitalization, prioritizing language concepts, sovereignty and access, and decolonizing how reo Māori is used in bilingual settings.

SHONELLA TATIPATA

HOLLY WEIR-TIKAO

TONI BOYNTON

Director, Centre of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Project manager, TIPU MAHI, South Island Māori Health Workforce Development Project

Program coordinator, Te Tohu o Te Ora O Ngati Awa

Watson, A.C.T., Australia

Nelson, New Zealand

Investigating how the interactions of data and First Nations’ narratives can contribute to more equitable systems for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Revitalizing knowledge and use of taonga puoro (traditional Māori musical instruments) to re-Indigenize approaches to mental and physical health and wellbeing.

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Identifying key cultural protocols to support selfdetermination as a proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander woman; unpacking intergenerational trauma and using her people’s cultural resilience to empower.

Developing an international residency for Pasifika and Indigenous spoken word artists and practitioners to strengthen their voice, leadership capability and connection to culture.

Whakatane, New Zealand

Leading change by reclaiming spaces of Māori wāhine (women) leadership and participation in decisionmaking that benefits people, environment, culture, economy, social factors and the long-term sustainability of our communities.

KERRI CLARKE

DAVID FOLLENT

LIL GORDON

JADE HADFIELD

National reconciliation lead; possum skin cloakmaker; cultural educator

Senior project officer, team focused on chronic care for Aboriginal people, New South Wales Agency of Clinical Innovation

Consultant/facilitator, First Nations strategy, partnerships and outcomes across New South Wales

Curator and conservator, State Library Victoria

Dunscreek, N.S.W., Australia

Altona, Vic., Australia

Lake Haven, N.S.W., Australia

Mascot, N.S.W., Australia

Strengthening elders’ connections to family, community and culture through collective storytelling and participation in cultural practices by placing Aboriginal culture at the forefront of dismantling colonial systems.

Developing a collaborative decision-making process in health care to create change that rebalances power dynamics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accessing the health care system.

Continuing to show up as a strong First Nations woman, leading with purpose and authenticity, willing to connect and collaborate to influence change grounded in culture and Country.

Seeking Indigenous unity, reawakening Indigenous ancestral connections, uniting against colonialism and challenging the hierarchy of knowledge within cultural institutions.

KARL JAPALJARRI HAMPTON

MELISSA KENNEDY

KETI MARSH-SOLOMON

HAYLEY MCQUIRE

Regional director, Yuendumu, Northern Territory Government.

Research fellow in water policy and social science, University of Melbourne

Social change advocate and consultant

Alice Springs, Australia

Mildura, Victoria, Australia

Chief executive officer, National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition; co-chair, Learning Creates Australia

Rebuilding his nation and community after decades of government interventions, empowering them to reclaim self-determination and maintain strong culture.

Developing sustainable and equitable policy change in water management to heal Country and facilitate power transfers back to First Nations.

Hamilton, Australia

Reservoir, Vic., New Zealand

Growing the capacity of wahine Māori leaders, focusing on creating opportunities for them to collaboratively represent their cultural perspective, rights and existence at the economic table.

Creating spaces for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to have critical discussions about their future and the types of systems we need to self-determine our own futures.

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JEREMY NIKORA

TIARE “DEIDRE” OTENE

JOSHUA PREECE

ALICIA VEASEY

Victorian Aboriginal inclusion officer, Victorian Electoral Commission

Director, management and consulting team, KPMG

Senior resident medical officer, New South Wales Health

Auckland, New Zealand

Sydney, Australia

Obstetrician and gynaecologist; co-chair, Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Clinical Network

Frankston, Vic., Australia

Bogangar, N.S.W., Australia

Community and cultural leader specializing in creating collaborative spaces for Māori living on Aboriginal lands and First Nations traditional owners to share, strengthen and work together for cultural and language revitalization.

Specializing in partnering with Māori, public- and private-sector organizations, and communities to support major social reforms and investments that reduce inequities, increase inclusion and improve lives.

Focusing passionately on the social determinants of health and advocating for young First Nations voices in crafting foreign policy.

JO VOICE

INEZ WHITE FAITALA

BRIAN WYBORN

Manager, Whanganui Women’s Refuge

Founder and director of Indigenuity Ltd.; property valuer

Managing partner, First Australians Capital

Whanganui, New Zealand

Rotorua, New Zealand

Camp Hill, Qld., New Zealand

Working collaboratively with the whānau caregiver community in her region to improve their well-being on terms defined by them, and hoping to take this work to other communities.

Focusing on homeownership as a pathway to reconnecting Māori families to our sense of belonging in Aotearoa.

Integrating professional property knowledge into a family-friendly format of communication through storytelling, social media and podcast.

Empowering Indigenous people and communities to build economic resilience and create wealth that is culturally reflective of their values whilst taking economic control of their futures.

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Building a collective that demands a shift in the criteria of knowledge, experience, power and expertise in health care and envisions and builds capacity for Indigenous health futurities.

2024 FELLOWS

MAVAE AHIO

DANIELLE CAPTAIN-WEBB

TALEI ALOESI CAUCAU

CARA CROSS

Service manager, Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, Ministry of Education

Solicitor advocate, Coronial Inquest Unit, Legal Aid N.S.W.

Country coordinator, Melanesian Women Today

Auckland, New Zealand

Central Coast, N.S.W., Australia

Suva, Fiji

Executive officer, DVC Indigenous, University of New South Wales; First Nations general councilor, History Council of NSW Sydney, Australia

Owning and playing his role as a descendent of traditional navigators with a legacy that transcends values and morals, and inspires common heritage that motivates change on a journey forward as one.

Challenging the status quo of the justice system through governance and advocacy in order to achieve systemic change, justice and equilibrium for First Nations people and communities across New South Wales.

Recording traditional Fijian practices and culture through research. Working in the legal sector to build on legislation and policies that protect their land and extend their qoliqoli (Indigenous fishing areas) to traditionally recognized boundaries.

Agitating for selfdetermination and social equity in Indigenous higher education and health research, seeking to address systemic inequalities and advocate for positive change.

Revitalizing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural knowledges.

KALINDA GRIFFITHS

CHEYENNE HEKE

GEOFFREY HIPANGO

RACHAEL HOCKING

Director, Poche SA+NT, Flinders University

Adviser, Department of Internal Affairs

Guardian of Marae, self-employed

Freelance trainer and journalist

Whanganui, New Zealand

Sydney, Australia

Darwin, Australia

Whangarei, New Zealand

Addressing health disparities, promoting Indigenous data rights and contributing to positive change globally through advocacy, research and policy influence work.

Actively advocating for the fair and equitable access to holistic well-being for Māori as Indigenous people.

Contributing to community social cohesion through proactive leadership and community coordination, and using Māori knowledge systems to inform and educate.

Working collaboratively with communities to build capacity within the Black media sector and agitating for better reporting of Indigenous affairs that upholds First Nations values.

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ROB HUDSON

TAMIKA JARVIS

KERRY KENNELL

YASBELLE KERKOW

Cultural business coordinator, Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative

Adviser to the board, YWCA Young Women’s Council; service coordinator, Orange Sky Australia

Founder and director, Kennell&Co Impact Consulting + Strategy

Artist and filmmaker

Bairnsdale, Vic., Australia

Central Coast and Sydney, Australia

Helping to heal, protect and empower First Nations people through truth telling, freedom of speech, cultural practices and preservation.

Contributing to social change work related to homelessness, young parents and young women.

Empowering her clients to do business their own way, breaking down barriers and building back stronger, because everyone deserves to be seen, heard and respected.

Focusing on the implications of Indigenous skin-marking resurgence for health, wellbeing and health promotion settings.

ROB LUISI

KATHERINE MAHONEY

TEGAN MILLER

LAURA MURPHY-OATES

Co-founder and youth work team leader, Ranui 135 Youth Trust

Senior adviser, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People

First Peoples engagement lead, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy

Senior audio producer/ presenter, Guardian Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Informing lasting and meaningful change by raising and amplifying the voices of Aboriginal children and young people to decisionmakers in government.

Creating positive change through building mutually beneficial partnerships with Victoria’s First Peoples and the energy industry, and ultimately, a more reconciled and equitable future for First Peoples.

Ranui, Auckland, New Zealand

Championing youth leadership and selfdetermined futures, in Ranui and West Auckland.

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Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Uplifting Black, Brown and queer voices, whether in the newsroom or the community, through reporting on climate change, racial justice and gender equality.

PAUL NALAU Principal policy analyst, Government of Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu

Planning to create a change whereby government projects are more sustainable, with local ownership working in partnership with local, traditional governance leadership.

L-R: Shonella Tatipata and Tara Moala at the graduation of the 2022 cohort of Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity. Credit: Tiffany Garvie.

MOANA TIMOKO Education hustler, Tumuaki Tuarua; deputy principal, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Kaikohe; director, Āteanui Ltd. Kaikohe, New Zealand

Creating spaces for learning potential and more recently, focusing on the potential of Peruperu — Kai Tūpuna — food of our ancestors!

Welcoming the 2024 cohort of Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity to Naarm/Melbourne. Credit: Tiffany Garvie.

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THE ATLANTIC INSTITUTE GOVERNING BOARD (AIGB)

CHRISTOPHER G. OECHSLI (CHAIR)

NICOLETTE NAYLOR (VICE CHAIR)

Chris is the president and chief executive officer of The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic), and chair of the Atlantic Institute Governing Board.

Nicolette is a Pan-African feminist lawyer and senior philanthropic executive, who has spent more than two decades working at the intersection of justice, feminism and philanthropy.

He led Atlantic’s grant-making through its four program areas and Founding Chairman grants. His responsibilities included working with the board of The Atlantic Philanthropies to complete all of Atlantic’s active grantmaking by 2016 and to conclude all operations by 2020.

Chris has over 35 years of experience in international business, law, philanthropy and policy development in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

Previously, he was counsel to U.S. Sen. Russell Feingold and worked with private law firms in the U.S. and Asia.

He graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles, and received a master’s degree in foreign affairs and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia.

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She led the Ford Foundation’s Southern Africa office and the international program on gender, racial and ethnic justice where she was responsible for directing the foundation’s strategy and team in the Southern African region, as well as global programming on gender, racial and ethnic justice.

Her work has focused on increasing resources and financial support for civil society in the global south, and a commitment to strengthening the feminist funding ecosystem for Black and Indigenous feminist movements as well as LGBTIQ+ and gender-expansive movements.

She retired from the Ford Foundation in September 2022 and is now providing consultant support to philanthropic organizations, feminist movements, civil society organizations and academic institutions whilst completing her book project, which spans deeply personal and political reflections, celebrations, and critiques of her time in philanthropy.

AIGB MEMBERS

KOFI APPENTENG

DR. ROGER GLASS

Kofi is the president of the Africa-America Institute (AAI), and has 30 years of domestic and international experience as a corporate lawyer, investment banker and board director.

He serves on the Atlantic Institute Governing Board, the international advisory board of IE University, the board of the Greentree Foundation and the honorary council of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ). He serves as a senior adviser to The Rock Creek Group. He previously served as board chair of the Ford Foundation, the Community Service Society of New York and ICTJ.

Roger became president of the China Medical Board in January 2023. His distinguished career in global health spans five decades and includes leadership roles in public service, research, capacity building and international collaboration.

Most recently, he served as the director of the Fogarty International Center and associate director for international research at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

As the longest-serving director of the Fogarty International Center (2006-2023), he led efforts to support and facilitate global health research conducted by U.S. and international investigators, building partnerships between health research institutions in the U.S. and abroad, and training the next generation of scientists to address global health needs. During his tenure, NIH helped launch the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, partnered with PEPFAR to support the Medical Education Partnership Initiative in Africa, joined the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), and launched the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Initiative, followed by Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa), to build research capacity on the African continent by African scientists.

In recognition of his work in business and philanthropy, he was named a “Great American Immigrant” by the Carnegie Corporation in 2013.

Born in Ghana, Kofi earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Wesleyan University and a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University. He then began his career as a corporate lawyer and, in 1994, became the first Black African to become a partner at a major New York City law firm.

He spent much of his career at the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC), starting as a medical officer assigned to the Environmental Hazards Branch in 1977.

On secondment from CDC, he worked as a scientist at the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, from 1979-1983. In 1984, he joined the National Institutes of Health Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, where he worked on the molecular biology of rotavirus. In 1986, Roger returned to the CDC to become chief of the Viral Gastroenteritis Unit at the National Center for Infectious Diseases.

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PROFESSOR ARMINE ISHKANIAN

DR. ELIZABETH KISS

Armine is executive director of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) program and a professor in the department of social policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She also co-convenes the Politics of Inequality research program at the LSE International Inequalities Institute. She provides institutional and strategic oversight of AFSEE to achieve its vision, mission and goals, supporting the team in building a powerful, effective program at the heart of the LSE International Inequalities Institute. She also curates the academic content of, and provides facilitation during, the Fellowship modules, ensuring a clear, cohesive learning arc within and across modules. Her work was recognized with LSE’s Excellence in Education Award 2019-2020.

Elizabeth became warden of Rhodes House and chief executive officer of the Rhodes Trust in 2018, the first woman to hold this position. She oversees the world’s oldest graduate scholarship, the Rhodes Scholarship, as well as several partnership programs, which include the Atlantic Institute.

Armine’s research examines the relationship between civil society, democracy, development and social transformation.

She has examined how civil society organizations and social movements engage in policy processes and transformative politics in countries that include Armenia, Egypt, Greece, Russia, Turkey and the U.K. Journals publishing her research include Critical Social Policy, Democratization, Europe Asia Studies, Journal of Civil Society, Journal of International Development, Journal of Social Policy, Social Politics, Sociological Review and Voluntas. She has authored books: “Democracy Building and Civil Society in Armenia” (published in 2008) and “The Big Society Debate: A New Agenda for Social Welfare?” (co-edited with Simon Szreter, and published in 2012).

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Founded in 1903, the Rhodes Scholarships support outstanding students from around the world for graduate study at the University of Oxford. One hundred Scholars are selected annually on the basis of their intellect, character, leadership potential and commitment to service.

The 125th Anniversary strategic plan for the Rhodes Trust will expand the annual number of Scholars to 125, with a wider global profile. It also includes an ambitious fundraising campaign, deepening the alumni lifelong fellowship and increasing the connection and impact of the partnership programs, which also include The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, Schmidt Science Fellowship program and Rise.

Before joining the Rhodes Trust, Elizabeth served for 12 years as president of Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia.

From 1997 to 2006, she served as the founding director of Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics. She received her undergraduate degree in philosophy from Davidson College in North Carolina, and received a Bachelor of Philosophy and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oxford.

KEVIN LIVERPOOL

AMINA EVANGELISTA SWANEPOEL

Kevin is an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and a Global Atlantic Fellows Advisory Board (GFAB) member. He is a violence prevention practitioner with a passion for fostering men’s holistic well-being, championing gender equality and eradicating violence against women, girls and gender-diverse individuals.

Amina is an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia and a Global Atlantic Fellows Advisory Board member.

She is a committed advocate for gender, reproductive health and human rights in the Philippines.

Based in Trinidad and Tobago, he collaborates with various local and regional civil society organizations to advocate for legislative reforms prioritizing victim safety and enforcing perpetrator accountability. As a director at the Coalition Against Domestic Violence and a member of the Alliance for State Action to End Gender-Based Violence, he plays an integral role in shaping policy and fostering societal change.

Kevin also mentors young men involved in the juvenile justice system. Through his innovative Upstream Journeys curriculum, he guides them on a transformative journey of self-discovery and empowerment. His goal is to help them uncover root causes, rediscover lost dreams and realize their innate potential.

His current role as a partnerships specialist at No Means No Worldwide, an international NGO committed to ending sexual and gender-based violence, allows him to further his mission on a global scale.

She is the founding executive director of Roots of Health and Ugat ng Kalusugan, a local reproductive health organization she started in 2009. In this role, she leads a team of 40 advocates in their work to reduce unplanned pregnancies, maternal deaths and HIV incidence in the Philippines.

In Roots of Health, Amina acts as a bridge between the organization’s boards in the United States and the Philippines.

She also contributes to the Provincial Family Health Council of Palawan and the Puerto Princesa City Local Health Board.

She is a member of the board of directors for the Forum for Family Planning and Development and actively participates in the Reproductive Health Advocacy Network.

Amina’s accomplishments include recognition as a Philippines Ashoka Fellow and an Asia Society Asia 21 Young Leader.

Her career encompasses human rights research in Asia, including a two-year stint with Human Rights Watch, as well as positions with the Guttmacher Institute and the UNHCR in India.

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DIRECTORY OF GLOBAL ATLANTIC FELLOWS PROGRAM STAFF

GLORIA AGUIRRE

RONAN BREATHNACH

CIARAN CONNEELY

EOIN COTTER

Community outreach

Fellow support, Trinity

Administration & operations

Learning experience

gloria.aguirre@atlanticfellows.org

ronan.breathnach@gbhi.org

conneec@tcd.ie

eoin.cotter@gbhi.org

Gloria works with underserved and underrepresented populations, supporting brain health through the arts, community engagement and outreach at the Memory and Aging Center of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

Ronan is the first point of contact for incoming and current Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health based at the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin (Trinity). He assists Fellows with relocation and any administrative challenges.

Ciaran leads the operations team at the Institute of Neuroscience and provides high-level management support to help develop strategic initiatives. He managed the Global Brain Health Institute program at Trinity during the start-up phase.

Eoin primarily works with the learning experience team to lead coordination and oversight of the design, development and delivery of the learning experience.

AMANDA DELANEY

AURA DEMARE

ELISABETTA FAVERO

LAURA GALAVIZ

Administration & operations

Administration & operations

Alumni relations & partnerships

Regional impact

amanda.delaney@gbhi.org

aura.demare@gbhi.org

elisabetta.favero@gbhi.org

laura.galaviz@gbhi.org

Amanda’s role includes supporting the site director and chief operations officer at Trinity College Dublin.

She coordinates local meetings and events, liaises with finance teams and supports program operations.

Aura oversees the Pilot Award program and supports regional impact efforts, with a particular focus on sub-awards, contracts and preparing funding proposals.

Elisabetta is dedicated to developing the global network of brain leaders through culturally sensitive dialogue, events and creative collaborations. Elisabetta believes in maintaining brain health and reducing dementia impact through education, smart nutrition and community engagement.

Laura is responsible for leading and coordinating an initiative to create and support a network of regional mentors as part of the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health program at the Global Brain Health Institute.

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ROSALIE GEARHART

ANNE-MARIE GLYNN

CARMEN HART

BARBARA HEWITT

Administration & operations

Chief operating officer, GBHI

Administration & operations

Administration & operations

rosalie.gearhart@gbhi.org

anne-marie.glynn@gbhi.org

carmen.hart@gbhi.org

bhewitt@tcd.ie

Rosalie serves as a senior adviser for the Global Brain Health Institute’s executive committee and senior management team.

Anne-Marie leads on the implementation of the Global Brain Health Institute’s strategy at the Trinity site.

Carmen works closely with the executive director and staff to coordinate, manage and plan key aspects and activities of the Global Brain Health Institute and the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health program.

Barbara is responsible for the financial planning at the Global Brain Health Institute.

SHIREEN JAVANDEL

NIALL KAVANAGH Communications

ALESSANDRA KHODAVERDI

CAMELLIA LATTA

Operations & impact

niall.kavanagh@gbhi.org

Fellows support, UCSF

Alumni relations & special initiatives

alessandra.khodaverdi@gbhi.org

camellia.latta@gbhi.org

Alessandra serves as the primary point of contact for the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health program. While monitoring the Fellows’ progress and providing programmatic support, she facilitates connections within the Memory and Aging Center and the UCSF community.

Camellia is responsible for building connections and opportunities to support Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health and strengthen collaboration across the Atlantic Fellows community.

She also leads work on partnerships and arts strategies at the Global Brain Health Institute.

shireen.javandel@gbhi.org

Shireen oversees the growing impact portfolio of the Global Brain Health Institute and provides oversight for resource allocation, risk mitigation, budgeting and logistics for the GBHI at the site at UCSF.

Niall is responsible for developing and sharing messaging, media and news for the Global Brain Health Institute and the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health community.

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BRIAN LAWLOR

KAILEY MATEO

MELINDA MATICE

SARAH MCDONAGH

Site director, Trinity

Monitoring & evaluation

Learning experience

International program manager

brian.lawlor@gbhi.org

kailey.mateo@gbhi.org

mindy.matice@gbhi.org

sarah.mcdonagh@gbhi.org

Brian works to develop effective interventions, strategies and policies that can improve the well-being and quality of life of people with dementia and their care partners.

Kailey works with the Global Brain Health Institute’s monitoring and evaluation team to provide ongoing support for the monitoring and learning activities of the Atlantic Fellows program, which includes looking at indicators of impact.

Bringing her expertise and experience in teacher training, Mindy works with the faculty to design a better classroom and online learning experience for Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health.

Sarah supports Fellows with the implementation of research projects, new grant applications and the management of existing research projects with a focus on the ReDLat project (a multi-partner consortium to expand dementia research in Latin America).

ANDJELIKA MILICIC

HELEN MURRAY

ANDREW PHILIPOFF

CAROLINE PRIOLEAU

Regional impact

Communications

Technology

Communications

andjelika.milicic@gbhi.org

helen.murray@gbhi.org

andrew.philipoff@gbhi.org

caroline.prioleau@gbhi.org

Andjelika supports datarelated needs for projects ranging from neuroscience to clinical and social research.

She assists researchers in setting up databases, data analysis, maintaining datasets and managing datasharing policies.

Helen is responsible for leading communications activities that promote the mission and work of the Global Brain Health Institute and the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health.

Andrew is responsible for the upkeep, configuration and operation of the program’s systems.

Caroline helps communicate the mission and work of the Global Brain Health Institute and the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health program through stories and images. She also co-founded and co-leads the hear/say storytelling project to collect personal narratives about living with dementia.

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WINNIE TSOU

VICTOR VALCOUR

MARY WARBELOW

EVELYN WONG

Technology

Site director, UCSF

Learning experience

Administration & operations

winnie.tsou@gbhi.org

victor.valcour@ucsf.edu

mary.warbelow@ atlanticfellows.org

evelyn.wong@gbhi.org

Winnie brings extensive experience in project management, software development and web technologies to the program.

Victor works to position the Global Brain Health Institute as a leader in global brain health. He works with the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health as they return to their home communities to leverage the Global Brain Health Institute and the Atlantic community.

Mary works with Atlantic Fellows and the Global Brain Health Institute’s team to provide technical support and expertise to training.

She supports projects related to mentorship, curriculum development, leadership and other experiential learning.

Evelyn is responsible for financial management and reporting for the Global Brain Health Institute, as well as managing many of the site-specific operations at the UCSF.

STACEY YAMAMOTO Program & strategy stacey.yamamoto@gbhi.org

Stacey oversees programmatic areas of education and training at the Global Brain Health Institute, including recruitment and selection, curriculum and administration of an academic certificate program at UCSF. L-R: Niall Kavanagh, Carmen Hart and Winnie Tsou at the All-Program Retreat, Viet Nam, in 2024.

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JANICE BLANCHARD

GUENEVERE BURKE

LEIGH ANNE BUTLER

SELAM BEDADA CHALE

Global Atlantic Fellow faculty

Executive director gburke@email.gwu.edu

Manager, Mullan Institute research operations

Program director

jcblancha@gmail.com

selam@gwu.edu

lbutler@gwu.edu

Janice is a professor of emergency medicine at The George Washington University and is a member of the Fellowship’s Global Atlantic Fellows team.

Guenevere is the co-founder and executive director of Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity. She is a practicing emergency physician, and continues to teach medicine and health policy.

Leigh Anne is responsible for the management of administration, finance and reporting functions for the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program at The George Washington University.

Selam manages the overall design and implementation of the Fellowship program. She has over ten years’ experience in public health research and health systems strengthening.

KATE HILTON

OLIVIA JEFFERSON

BETH MECHUM

SAMANTHA MEEKER

Leadership learning lead

Program coordinator

Communications lead

Equity scholar

k.hilton@atlanticfellows.org

olijeffev@gwmail.gwu.edu

bmechum@email.gwu.edu

samantha.meeker@email.gwu.edu

In her role as director of leadership online learning, Kate coaches Fellows in the use of leadership and changemanagement methods to advance and sustain health equity.

Olivia serves as a program coordinator for Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity.

Before joining the program, she worked in a variety of nonprofit communications settings that addressed economic inequity, community health and food security issues.

Beth is working with the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity to implement a communications strategy that advances the recognition of the Fellowship, the work of the Fellows and the urgent need for health equity.

Samantha works with Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity and Mullan Institute faculty and staff to gain skills and experience in the areas of health equity and leadership training, community building, evaluation and health workforce research.

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KHADIDIATOU NDIAYE

MOIRA SECREST

TAMARA TUR

SHARON WHITE

Health equity learning lead

Manager, sponsored projects

Global Atlantic Fellow lead

Manager, research programs

kndiaye@gwu.edu

moira@gwu.edu

ttur@email.gwu.edu

sgwhite@gwu.edu

Khadidiatou is the health equity instructional lead, an associate teaching professor in the department of prevention and community health, and director of the Public Health Communication and Marketing program at George Washington University’s School of Public Health.

Moira brings her knowledge of research administration and an eagerness to implement systems to maximize support in the areas of graduate medical education, health workforce equity, behavioral and reproductive health, and fellowship in health equity.

Tamara is working to develop a strongly connected lifelong community of Global Atlantic Fellows. She is the primary point of contact for the Global Atlantic Fellows and coordinates the activities for the Global Atlantic Fellow community.

Sharon is responsible for the program’s financial operations and collaborates with colleagues across the university. Her role ranges from drafting the annual budget to preparing longterm spending forecasts and doing financial analysis for leadership.

SHADELLE YANCEY Operations & logistics coordinator shadellegregory@email.gwu.edu

Shadelle is responsible for handling the operations and logistics for the program. She manages the event planning for convenings and other team events.

Executive director, Guenevere Burke, provides an overview of the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program at the Global Atlantic Fellows Annual Convening 2023. Credit: Lee Atherton.

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BOONVADEE ARIYASKULVONG

PAUL CHEH

KIM CRUZ

SIRAPRAPA MORRODKUTE

Program executive

Communications manager

Program associate – Fellowship

Program assistant

pcheh@cmbfound.org

kcruz@cmbfound.org

siraprapa.morrodkute@ atlanticfellows.org

Boonvadee assists with administration and operations for the program and supports the development of the online learning management system development.

Paul is the program executive of Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia, based in Bangkok, Thailand, from where he coordinates the Fellowship learning events and the Fellowship recruitment and selection process.

Kim is responsible for implementing the communication strategy to promote the work of the program and its Fellows for internal and external audiences.

Siraprapa supports Fellows’ online learning and the overall operations of the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia.

KANYARAT PANITWONG

LE NHAN PHUONG

DUONG HOANG QUYEN

Administrative & finance assistant

Executive director

Program executive

MAYTIWA THAVORNPINITTHAM

kpanitwong@cmbfound.org

ple@cmbfound.org

qduong@cmbfound.org

Fellows relations manager

boonvadee.ariyaskulvong@ atlanticfellows.org

mthavornpinittham@ cmbfound.org

Kanyarat assists in overseeing finance, human resources and logistics operations for the program.

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Phuong leads the strategic direction of the program and provides executive oversight for operations.

Quyen is based in Hanoi, Viet Nam, from where she is responsible for the program’s strategic planning, and the program’s recruitment and selection process.

May is in charge of the community of Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia, and equity communities beyond Fellows, as well as public communications and networking.

KANOKRAT “NOK” THOMTHONG Office manager k.thomthong@atlanticfellows.org

Kanokrat oversees the daily operations and logistics for the program.

WANROB WARARAS Program associate – community building wanrob.wararas@ atlanticfellows.org

Wanrob supports the community-building activities and operations for the program.

Program executive, Duong Hoang Quyen, with Atlantic Fellow, Made Wikandana, during a team-building session in Hue, Viet Nam. Credit: Kim Cruz.

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PHINDIWE DLULANE

SIBUSISO KHASA Communications manager

SIPHOKAZI “SIPHO” KONDILE

LANCE LOUSKIETER

Program administrator phindiwe@tekano.org.za

sibusiso@tekano.org.za

Executive assistant

lance@tekano.org.za

Program director

siphokazi@tekano.org.za

Phindiwe is responsible for the overall administration and co-ordination so the program is implemented effectively. She also provides support for and liaison with the Fellows on the program.

Sibusiso contributes to the achievement of organizational objectives through amplifying Fellows’ work, building their influence and promoting the program.

Sipho supports the program’s chief executive officer and the board, and contributes to effective executive leadership, internal integration and coordination, and sound stakeholder management.

Lance provides overall strategic leadership of the Fellowship program, ensuring alignment with the overall vision and mission.

THEMBISA LUGALO

SARURAI MANGWANDA Finance director

SIPHOKAZI “SIPHO” MTHATHI

SISA NTWALANA

Office assistant

sarurai.mangwanda@ atlanticfellows.org

Chief executive officer

sisa.ntwalana@atlanticfellows.org

Sarurai’s portfolio encompasses finance, procurement and IT. She ensures that the program has the tools, systems, resources and policies it needs to drive its strategic goals.

Sipho is responsible for the program’s overall strategy and its institutional and operational effectiveness.

She provides the internal coherence through crossfunctional integration and takes charge of the program’s external positioning.

thembisa@tekano.org.za

Thembisa ensures the day-to-day functioning of the program office. She looks after the facilities, ensuring that they are used responsibly by program staff, as well as Fellows and other stakeholders, to further their collective work.

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Finance officer

sipho.mthathi@tekano.org.za

Sisa is responsible for the day-to-day financial management, helping the organization deliver its objectives through sound stewardship of its resources.

LYNN PHILLIPS

THANDOKAZI TABATA

MARIANNA VAN NIEKERK

Learning & innovation manager

Yearlong Fellowship manager (acting)

Senior human resources manager

lynn@tekano.org.za

marianna@tekano.org.za

thandokazi@tekano.org.za

Lynn is responsible for monitoring, evaluation and learning. She supports the program’s strategy and effectiveness through embedding a culture of learning.

Thandokazi drives the yearlong Fellowship program, ensuring the growth of their community through recruitment, onboarding and induction, and a high quality of Fellowship experience for all their cohorts.

Marianna is in charge of human resources, looking after the people, culture and the workplace environment so it is enabling and gives opportunities for the staff to thrive.

Lance Louskieter, Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in South Africa program director, at a workshop hosted by the Atlantic Institute at Rhodes House, Oxford, in July 2023. Credit: Lee Atherton.

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ASHIKA DAVECHAND

SEBABATSO MANOELI-LESAME

NOLWAZI LAETITIA MBULI

T.O. MOLEFE

Chief of staff

Senior program manager

Director, publications

a.davechand@atlanticfellows.org

Executive director

l.mbuli@atlanticfellows.org

t.o.molefe@atlanticfellows.org

s.manoeli@atlanticfellows.org

Ashika ensures strategy alignment by connecting strategic thinking, planning and implementation across the organization. She facilitates the realization of the vision and priorities in addition to providing problem-solving and strategic support.

Sebabatso provides institutional oversight, develops operational policies and supports the strategic direction of the program.

Nolwazi manages all aspects of the Fellowship, to support a successful experience for Fellows, including the implementation of the virtual and immersive retreats. She also supports the production of the program’s magazine and podcast.

T. O. stewards the development of the program’s publications and is editorin-chief of Moya, the program’s magazine which explores Black life across time and space. He is a social researcher and a Global Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity.

MODUPEOLA (“DUPE”) OYEBOLU

NIGEL RICHARD

YASMEEN RUBIDGE

MEREDITH SHIN

Facilitator

Finance & operations manager

Associate director, communications

Senior program director & facilitator n.richard@atlanticfellows.org

yasmeen@leadershippathways.co.za

m.shin@atlanticfellows.org

m.oyebolu@atlanticfellows.org

Modupeola manages external communications, including content creation, social media and newsletters.

She also supports narrative change projects across the program which includes working for the literary magazine, Moya.

Nigel leads the development and delivery of the Fellowship experience and leadership support for Fellows. He also cofacilitates Fellowship sessions, including both the virtual and immersive retreats.

Yasmeen co-facilitates Fellowship sessions, including both the virtual and immersive retreats. She also is a founding director of Leadership Pathways, which focuses on the intersections of leadership development and systems transformation.

Meredith supports financial operations in the U.S., including financial reconciliation and the tracking of payments, and provides day-to-day administrative support to programs, operations, activities, initiatives, special projects and events.

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AMANDA WEBB

GIL WINTERS

Program coordinator

Director, finance and operations

a.webb@atlanticfellows.org

g.winters@atlanticfellows.org

Amanda coordinates the selection process of Fellows and supports the implementation of Global Atlantic Fellow communitybuilding and funding opportunities.

Gil leads the development of the financial and investment strategy of the program, including work to create necessary processes and infrastructure. He is also responsible for operations, organizational risk management and compliance.

Senior program director, Nigel Richard, speaking at the All-Program Staff Retreat in Da Nang, Viet Nam, in 2024.

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ASMAA AKHTAR

SARA CAMACHO FELIX

EMMA CECCATO

GRACE FARRELL-TWINEY

Program manager (global engagement and impact)

Program lead and assistant professor (education)

Communications manager

Partnerships manager

e.ceccato@lse.ac.uk

g.e.farrell-twiney@lse.ac.uk

a.akhtar2@lse.ac.uk

s.m.camacho-felix@lse.ac.uk

Asmaa oversees the lifelong Fellowship strategy and programming. Her overarching aim is to ensure that the program’s Global Atlantic Fellows are strongly connected to each other, the program and the wider Atlantic community and have access to continuous learning.

Sara, a practitionerresearcher whose praxis focuses on equitable and reflexive pedagogies in higher education, is responsible for delivering the academic programming and pedagogy of the active Fellowship year.

Emma is the communications manager for the International Inequalities Institute, where the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) program is based. She oversees the program’s marketing and communications planning, strategy and activities.

Grace leads the program’s partnership strategy, including internal collaborations within the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and external partnerships with other Atlantic Fellows programs and organizations.

ARMINE ISHKANIAN

GEORGE KUNNATH

AYGEN KURT-DICKSON

MAËL LAVENAIRE

Executive director

Lifelong engagement lead and associate professor (education)

Policy fellow (funding and knowledge exchange strategy)

Research fellow (racial inequality)

g.kunnath@lse.ac.uk

a.s.kurt-dickson@lse.ac.uk

George works on strengthening the program’s approach to lifelong engagement, including overseeing the Atlantic Equity Challenge and the AFSEE Incubation Labs.

Aygen works toward developing and implementing the International Inequalities Institute’s funding and knowledge exchange strategy, including the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity program’s portfolio.

a.ishkanian@lse.ac.uk

Armine provides institutional and strategic oversight for the Fellowship to achieve its vision, mission and goals, and supports the team to build a powerful and effective program.

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m.lavenaire@lse.ac.uk

Maël is a research fellow in racial inequality, who contributes to the Fellowship curriculum development, teaching and mentoring.

SAAGA LEPPANEN

FABRICIO MENDES FIALHO

ANASTASIA NAZARYAN

ADELE OLIVER

Communications and marketing officer

Research fellow

Projects manager

f.mendes-fialho@lse.ac.uk

a.nazaryan@lse.ac.uk

Project support officer, knowledge exchange

s.leppanen1@lse.ac.uk

a.e.oliver@lse.ac..uk

Saaga leads on the program’s external and internal communications, including managing the AFSEE website, blogs and social media; planning and executing outreach and marketing; and organizing events.

Fabricio is a research fellow, who contributes to Fellowship curriculum development, teaching and mentoring.

ANNALENA OPPEL

JULIA RYNG

Research fellow

Program officer (Fellowship experience)

a.oppel@lse.ac.uk

Anastasia is responsible for managing the key stages of the program’s research project cycles — from the setup through to the completion and closure.

Adele is responsible for fostering and supporting knowledge exchange activities between the program, Fellows and the wider LSE academic community.

j.a.ryng@lse.ac.uk

Annalena is a research fellow, who contributes to Fellowship curriculum development, teaching and mentoring.

Julia’s overarching aim is to ensure that the Fellows have the highest-quality student experience during their year at LSE and are prepared to continue their journey as Global Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity.

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FIONA “FI” BELCHER Research fellow (impact and evaluation)

TRINITY CRUMPENWINMAR

NATHAN FIORITTI

RACHAEL GALWAY

Communications & events officer

Program manager (Aotearoa)

Administration officer

nathan.fioritti@unimelb.edu.au

r.galway@unimelb.edu.au

fiona.belcher@unimelb.edu.au

trinity.crumpenwinmar@ unimelb.edu.au

Fiona is a researcher and educator who is focusing on the evaluation and impact of the program.

Trinity maintains high standards in administration and provides general support for program delivery.

Nathan supports communications, particularly the program’s online presence and publicity about the Fellowship during recruitment campaigns.

He also assists with event coordination.

Rachael is a program manager based at the University of Auckland.

Her responsibilities include promoting the program and coordinating Fellowship activity in Aotearoa.

SANGITA IYER

ZANE KINGI

ELIZABETH MCKINLEY

NIKKI MOODIE

Senior coordinator, Fellowship experience

Community engagement lead

Executive director

Program director & deputy director

zane.kingi@unimelb.edu.au

elizabeth.mckinley@ unimelb.edu.au

nikki.moodie@unimelb.edu.au

Zane applies his expertise in Indigenous-informed communication and engagement to ensure that the needs and expectations of Indigenous communities affected by the program are heard and incorporated in all the program’s decisions and strategies.

Elizabeth provides strategic direction, leadership and management of the program, and leads on stakeholder relations.

Nikki is responsible for program team leadership and research translation.

sangita.iyer@unimelb.edu.au

Sangita coordinates a range of strategic projects for the team, including the Fellow selection process and the engagement of Global Atlantic Fellows. She also provides logistical support for the delivery of the program.

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DAVID POLLOCK

MAKAYLA PRESTON

HINEANI ROBERTS

ANNIE SOWTER

Program course coordinator

Administration officer

Communications lead

Fellowship experience officer

david.pollock@unimelb.edu.au

makayla.preston@unimelb.edu.au

hineani.roberts@unimelb.edu.au

annie.sowter@unimelb.edu.au

Dave coordinates academic programming, curriculum design and delivery, and scholarly support for Fellows.

Makayla is experienced in administrative duties and supports the smooth delivery of the program.

Hineani is the communications lead and is passionate about decolonizing narratives and strength-based digital storytelling.

Annie is a participant of the 2024 Melbourne Indigenous Professional Employment Program at the University of Melbourne, completing a diploma of business (operations) whilst assisting with administration and operations at the program.

ASHA STEER

CRAIG WALLACE

JO WILSON

Academic support

Associate director (operations)

Executive coordinator

asha.steer@unimelb.edu.au

craig.wallace@unimelb.edu.au

jo.wilson@unimelb.edu.au

Asha is a teaching assistant who supports Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity programming and assisted with the Global Atlantic Fellows cross-program flagship convening on Indigenous health in 2023.

Craig leads the operational delivery and support mechanisms of the program.

Committed to supporting social change, he has worked with teams to deliver high impact practices in Australian and Canadian higher education settings.

Jo is an office professional who provides support to the leadership team and the secretariat function for the program advisory board.

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VINCENT BATTAGLIA

KATHERINE BOND

TANYA CHARLES

ABI DIAMOND

Senior executive assistant

Partnerships lead

Senior program and impact lead

executive.assistant@ atlanticfellows.org

katherine.bond@ atlanticfellows.org

t.charles@atlanticfellows.org

Associate executive director (communications and impact)

Vincent coordinates the executive director’s diary and manages communications on her behalf; supports the Atlantic Institute Governing Board, program directors and the Global Atlantic Fellows Advisory Board.

He also organizes Atlantic Institute property bookings.

Katherine is responsible for building effective strategic relationships with valuesaligned organizations to mutually enhance knowledge, capability and impact.

Tanya leads various inperson and online programs, including the Annual Convening of Global Atlantic Fellows. She also provides strategic support to the GFAB (Global Atlantic Fellows Advisory Board).

Abi is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring the Institute’s operations, financial planning, compliance and reporting. She is also responsible for leading the communications strategy for the Atlantic Fellows community and assessing impact.

KHALIL GOGA

MARIA JEFFERY

DAVID MALLINSON

DEEPA MANN-KLER

Associate executive director (community and programming)

Communications lead

Team coordinator (convenings)

XR lead (covering parental leave)

m.jeffery@atlanticfellows.org

d.mallinson@atlanticfellows.org

deepa.mannkler@ atlanticfellows.org

Maria is responsible for the creation and distribution of publications, newsletters, events and other emails, Hub content, social media and branding across all communications channels and at events. She also oversees the branding and distribution of Institute gifts.

David provides high quality logistical and coordination support for convenings and programs in support of the work of Global Atlantic Fellows and program staff.

Deepa explores how Extended Reality (XR) can further the equity missions of Fellows, developing and commissioning XR work that champions (k)new solutions and interrogates what it means to be human when digital.

abi.diamond@atlanticfellows.org

k.goga@atlanticfellows.org

Khalil is responsible for leading the design and implementation of programs in support of the work of Global Atlantic Fellows and program staff, and the development of a strongly connected lifelong community of action.

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MEL NASH

HA NGUYEN

PATRONELLA NQABA

EVIE O’ BRIEN

Finance coordinator

Team coordinator (covering parental leave)

Program and impact lead

Executive director

p.nqaba@atlanticfellows.org

e.obiren@atlanticfellows.org

melanie.nash@atlanticfellows.org

ha.nguyen@atlanticfellows.org

Mel is the financial link between the Institute and Rhodes Trust. She provides budget support to the Atlantic Institute team, assists in building the Institute’s annual budget and provides spend analysis.

Ha provides support for convenings and programs in support of the work of Global Atlantic Fellows and program staff.

Patronella leads on on supporting regional and continental efforts in Africa and is also working to build a strongly connected lifelong global community of Global Atlantic Fellows and program staff.

Evie provides overarching strategic and operational leadership to the Institute and promote’s the Institute’s values, vision and mission. She works with Fellows, programs and host organizations to create a flourishing global community of changemakers.

AMANDA ODUKA

KIM OOI

SHANJITHA RAJASINGAM

DANIEL SALAZAR MURILLO

Program and impact lead

Team coordinator

Data analyst lead

amanda.oduka@ atlanticfellows.org

kim.ooi@atlanticfellows.org

Team coordinator - convenings & programming (on parental leave)

Amanda supports Fellows’ individual and collaborative work to address the root causes of inequity through designing innovative resourcing and providing bespoke support. She also provides support to previously awarded grantholders.

Kim assists as the coordinator for resources to Fellows and also supports the work of the Global Atlantic Fellows and program staff.

shanjitha.rajasingam@ atlanticfellows.org

Shanjitha assists with convenings and programs in support of the work of Global Atlantic Fellows and program staff.

daniel.salazarmurillo@ atlanticfellows.org

Daniel compiles, analyzes and protects community data to support decision-making and efforts of the programs and Global Atlantic Fellows.

An Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity, he is interested in technology, digital rights and fiscal justice.

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SUKH SANGHERA

RICHARD SMITH

JEMMA STRINGER

FIONNUALA SWEENEY

Technology platforms lead

XR specialist

Multimedia editor

s.sanghera@atlanticfellows.org

richard.smith@atlanticfellows.org

Program and impact lead (innovation and special projects)

f.sweeney@atlanticfellows.org

jemma.stringer@ atlanticfellows.org

Sukh is responsible for maintaintaining and developing the Institute’s online platforms and services. This also includes system upgrades as well as providing technical support and training to Fellows and program staff.

Richard is responsible for the running of the XR (Extended Reality) Lab in Rhodes House, Oxford, which involves technical workshops, managing the equipment loan store, R&D projects and using XR to create experiences that can further the mission of the Fellows to advance equity.

SALMAN USMANI

ALICE WROE

Communications coordinator

XR lead (on parental leave)

salman.usmani@ atlanticfellows.org

alice.wroe@atlanticfellows.org

Salman works as part of the communications team to promote Atlantic Fellows and the Atlantic community on a global stage by amplifying their impact on the world. An Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity, he is interested in media and technology policy, information architecture and narrative change.

Alice explores how Extended Reality (XR) can further the equity missions of Fellows, developing and commissioning XR work that champions (k)new solutions and interrogates what it means to be human when digital.

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Jemma designs and facilitates programs in support of the work of Global Atlantic Fellows and program staff (underpinned by critical and inclusive pedagogy).

Fionnuala provides editorial guidance to the Institute team, producing multimedia presentations and tools amplifying the work of Global Atlantic Fellows. An Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, she is particularly interested in the care needs of people with dementia.

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