Vision

For 75 years, the Aspen Institute has cultivated leaders who see beyond immediate challenges, preventing future global conflicts by giving the tools to find common ground across seemingly insurmountable divides. The Technology Leaders Initiative will ignite the moral imagination of influential players in the global technology ecosystem, bridging both digital and geographic borders to build a new narrative for leadership.

Benefits of Participation

The program is designed for entrepreneurs and practitioners who have achieved considerable success, and are at an inflection point in their lives or careers—looking toward the broader role they might take on in their communities or globally.

The experience provides a threefold benefit to Fellows at this stage in their life:

1) Reflection on how they lead in their homes, at work, and in the world at large

2) Participation in a global network of leaders who support each other and hold each other accountable to the highest standards of integrity

3) Support and encouragement from the initiative leadership team, as well as others in their cohort, to move beyond personal success toward driving positive societal change in the digital ecosystem.

A Community to Catalyze Impact

The Aspen Institute has developed one of the largest and most impactful global networks of leaders stewarding social change. Leveraging the work of its founders, the Institute created the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN), a network of geographic and sector-specific Fellowships that connect purpose-driven individuals and move them from thought to action on major societal issues.

The Technology Leaders Initiative is part of the AGLN, which connects and supports a community of more than 4,000 experienced leaders from 60+ countries who complete one of 16+ two-year, cohort-based global Fellowship programs.

Aspen Institute Team

Amy Benziger

Managing Director, Technology Leaders Initiative

Dar Vanderbeck

Vice President, Aspen Global Leadership Network

Vivian Schiller

Executive Director, Aspen Digital

Founders

Chris Varelas

Founding Partner, Riverwood Capital; Founder, Finance Leaders Fellowship; Trustee, Aspen Institute

Laela Sturdy

Managing Partner, CapitalG; Finance Leaders Fellowship (2021)

Vern Perry

Global Head, Blackstone Strategic Partners; Finance Leaders Fellowship (2021)

Ailish Campbell

Former Ambassador of Canada to the European Union; Finance Leaders Fellowship (2021)

Jen Zhu Scott

Cofounder and CEO, Power Dynamics; China Fellowship (2015)

Advisors

Emily Schwartz

Partner, Bryson Gillette

Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick

Associate Provost, University of San Diego; Scholar in Residence, Aspen Global Leadership Network

Questions?

Contact the AGLN team.