Leadership Programs

About the Aspen Leadership Network

The Aspen Global Leadership Network is a growing, worldwide community of entrepreneurial leaders from business, government and the nonprofit sector -- currently, nearly 1,400 "Fellows" from 43 countries -- who share a commitment to enlightened leadership and to using their extraordinary creativity, energy and resources to tackle the foremost societal challenges of our times. All share the common experience of participating in the Henry Crown Fellowship or one of the dozen Aspen Institute leadership initiatives it has inspired in the United States, Africa, Central America, India and the Middle East.

As the 21st century unfolds, the world is confronted with a mounting array of challenges -- persistent poverty, environmental degradation, homelessness, clashes of cultures, insecurity, and more. Yet, innovations in communications and technology, the coming decades hold great promise to bring vast numbers of people into the global mainstream of commerce and trade in addition to giving them access to important advances in science, medicine and education.  We believe that the nature of leadership is at the heart of whether the forces of destruction or the forces of hope and values prevail.

Aspen Leadership Network is comprised of over 1,400 entrepreneurial leaders from 43 countries, who have all participated in the Henry Crown Fellowship or one of the 12 leadership initiatives it has inspired. All of these Aspen inspired initiatives seek to foster values-based leadership, encourage Fellows to move from "success to significance" in their lives and leadership, and ultimately, to make a difference in their communities and the world.

Fellows are between the ages of 30 and 45, have proven themselves through success in their respective fields, and have spent weeks in dialogue with others in their cohort on leadership, values and "the good society." They have committed to putting their ideas into action through a leadership project in their communities and countries. And all have participated in one of the following initiatives: