Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
The Aspen Health Strategy Group (AHSG) promotes improvements in policy and practice by providing leadership on complex health issues. Its influential members include CEOs and other high-level executives at major corporations, health systems, professional associations, and foundations, and innovative thinkers in academic settings. Cochairs are Kathleen Sebelius, 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Governor of the State of Kansas, and William Frist, former Senator from Tennessee and former Senate Majority Leader.
Each year, the AHSG tackles a single health issue through a year-long, in-depth study.
OUR WORK
Informed by commissioned briefing papers, AHSG members convene at the Aspen Institute’s Colorado campus for two days of intensive learning and vigorous discussion and ultimately select five big ideas, accompanied by action steps, to drive meaningful change. Their findings and recommendations are packaged as an illustrated report that is widely disseminated to policymakers and other influencers. Past reports have covered health needs of rural America, the youth mental health crisis, firearm injury, data privacy, the health harms of incarceration, the US maternal mortality crisis, antimicrobial resistance, the burden of chronic disease, the nation’s opioid crisis, and end-of-life care. Explore AHSG’s 10-year history of reports below!
