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Download the Digital Edition   Fellows are stepping up to lead all around the world. Learn how in the 2019 edition of Summit: The Journey from Thought to Action , the magazine of the AGLN. The five feature stories are: Taking Aim: Your Pledge to Act - An Action Pledge is a public commitment to action AGLN Fellows take at the Action Forum each year. Hear from ... more

From left to right: Skip Battle, Keith Berwick, and Ben Dunlap. A reflection from David Langstaff , Executive Vice President, Leadership Division Over the years, our seminars and programs have built on the vision and leadership of Mortimer Adler, Robert Maynard Hutchins, and Jim O’Toole. Today, our moderators benefit from the experience, art, and ... more

The final day of the 2019 Resnick Aspen Action Forum closed with a celebration of intergenerational perspectives that included presentations from young leaders and a discussion between AGLN Moderator and South African Fellow  Heather Sonn  and Keith Berwick, long-time friend and founding executive director of the Henry Crown Fellowship. ... more

When Anousheh Ansari was seven years old, she drew a photo of a rocket flying through space and set her eyes on exploring outer space being astronaut. There was no space program in Iran at the time and the chances of Ansari becoming an astronaut were slim. “I like to prove people wrong,” said Anousheh Ansari on stage at the 2019 Resnick Aspen Action Forum. On ... more

The 2019 John P. McNulty Prize laureates, five extraordinary individuals, shared their courageous and bold social impact ventures at the Resnick Aspen Action Forum on Wednesday night. McNulty Foundation President Anne Welsh McNulty, who founded the award in honor of her late husband, described the McNulty Prize as a call to action. “You have shown ... more

Borders are a part of life –– whether internal, invisible, geo-political or otherwise. Borders can help and they can harm. Borders are powerful and they can also be a form of power. Understanding the borders that are around and within us can lead to greater self-awareness and open the path for making great change in the world. With inspiration from the ... more

We are thrilled to announce that our friend and colleague John Simpkins has accepted our offer to serve as the new Vice President, Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute more

21 senior health care leaders were chosen to join the Health Innovators Fellowship's fifth class and the program's network of health care entrepreneurs and innovators from across the US. Fellows from this class hail from all parts of the country and work across the health care ecosystem, with expertise ranging from mental health and medicine to ... more

Today, the Aspen Institute and Anne Welsh McNulty announced the 12th annual John P. McNulty Prize Laureates, five extraordinary individuals who have leveraged their expertise, experience, and networks to build and lead transformative social impact ventures.   more

The debate about U.S. health care can seem never-ending, but Health Innovators Fellows are working to break through the noise. Last week, members of the Health Innovators Fellowship’s third class shared how they are addressing injustices in U.S. health care at Aspen Ideas: Health 2019. Their session, “And Justice for All,” focused on inadequate ... more