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Fellows On Fellows: Leading with Purpose in the Public Eye

Two finance leaders explore the challenges of public leadership and the communities that sustain them.

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Standing in Hope and Gratitude: Leading With Vulnerability and Purpose

Michael O’Neil, Health Innovators Fellow, has spent the past two decades reshaping how people engage with their own health. As Founder and CEO of GetWellNetwork, he pioneered the field of Interactive Patient Care, creating technology that gives millions of patients around the world a meaningful voice in their care journey.

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Bridging Divides with Humility: A Leadership Journey Rooted in Purpose

After more than a decade in public office, the question isn’t whether the work continues—it’s how. Tony Vargas, Civil Society Fellow, shares how humility, bridge-building, and values-driven leadership have shaped his journey, from elected office to the work he continues today.

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Turning Compassion Into Action: A Lifelong Fight to Protect Children

Real change doesn’t always start big. Sometimes it starts with one idea — and an unwillingness to look away. Mandy Powers Norrell, Liberty Fellow, has spent her life serving the communities that shaped her, passing legislation that helped children recognize and report sexual abuse — proof that once you do one hard thing, an avalanche of change can follow.

China Fellowship Reunion in Penang, Malaysia
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Reflections and Horizons

Standing Firm on Shifting Ground: The New Rules of Principled Leadership: a briefer from the 2025 Resnick Aspen Action Forum

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Seeing Our Common Humanity with Simran Jeet Singh

How can we see the light during such painful times? How can we take pause amidst chaos and hurt to stay curious? Who can we turn to and where can we go to find our common humanity? Simran Jeet Singh, a national leader in the areas of equity, inclusion, and social justice shares his lived experience and offer practical wisdom for seeing the light.

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The Most Undervalued Driver of the Economy: Childcare with Jessica Sager and Bernadette Ngoh

If “children are the future” how are we guaranteeing support for those responsible for protecting them? Explore what caregiving means to our culture and why we aren’t paying enough attention.

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Facing the Shortness of Life with Suzanne Beigel

In confronting the end of her life, impact investor Suzanne Beigel has found a clarified vision around how to spend her time, live into her purpose, and speak truth. Suzanne joins us on LIMINAL to explore how we might all allow the shortness of life to shape how we show up for the better.

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Reimagining Power in the Workplace with Roy Bahat and Liba Rubenstein

Rethink how ideas of power and our relationship to work and the workplace could help inform better decision-making and ultimately create prosperity for everyone.

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The Most Undervalued Driver of the Economy: Childcare with Jessica Sager and Bernadette Ngoh

If “children are the future” how are we guaranteeing support for those responsible for protecting them? Explore what caregiving means to our culture and why we aren’t paying enough attention.

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Reimagining Power in the Workplace with Roy Bahat and Liba Rubenstein

Rethink how ideas of power and our relationship to work and the workplace could help inform better decision-making and ultimately create prosperity for everyone.

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The Moral Question at the Center of the Climate Crisis with Katharine Wilkinson and Brett Jenks

We know that at its core, the climate crisis, like many, is a moral challenge, rather than a technical one. You’re invited to think less about the “what” of climate work and more about the “who” and “who” we need to be in order to heal our planet.

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Power and Race with the Groundwater Institute

The Groundwater Institute helps people make sense of our society is organized by race – and how that organization causes racial inequity. Dar Vanderbeck is in conversation with the Groundwater team on their analysis and how they work with leaders to propel their anti-racism journeys.

About the John P. McNulty Prize

The John P. McNulty Prize celebrates breakthrough leaders who have turned their talents and resources towards dismantling our toughest problems. Created in 2008 by Anne Welsh McNulty in honor of her late husband, the annual award is a call to action, recognizing three Winners demonstrating moral courage, a vision for change, and a track record of bold and lasting impact. 

Each winner receives $150,000 and foundational support to amplify their efforts, and are selected by an international jury that includes former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, international statesman Olara Otunnu, international development expert Brizio Biondi-Morra, and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker.

Learn more at mcnultyfound.org/the-prize.

About the McNulty Catalyst Fund

The McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund recognizes ventures with significant momentum at critical junctures on their path to creating meaningful change. 
 
Established in 2017, the Catalyst Fund provides unrestricted support to promising ventures led by AGLN Fellows. The Fund has received $1.2 million in contributions from David Blood, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, the Nancy & George Walker Foundation, and many more, as well as a matching grant from the McNulty Foundation, all honoring the legacy of John P. McNulty.
 
Catalyst Fund awards are available to organizations led by AGLN Fellows whose leadership ventures or Action Pledges are at critical stages of growth and development with significant momentum and traction. All applicants to the annual McNulty Prize, as well as former McNulty Laureates at a pivotal juncture, are eligible for Catalyst Funds.

Learn more about the Catalyst Fund and the 2020 recipients here

McNulty Prize Winners

2025 McNulty Prize Winner Dr. Krithi K. Karanth at the 2025 Resnick Aspen Action Forum
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Refusing to Choose Between Animals and People

2025 McNulty Prize Winner Dr. Krithi K. Karanth is uplifting both people and wildlife by connecting conservation with community prosperity in India.

Mohamed Pitch at the 2025 Resnick Aspen Action Forum
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Healing from Trauma: Unlocking Somalia’s Potential

2025 McNulty Prize Winner Mohamed Ali Diini is advancing a bold vision to expand economic opportunity for young people in Somalia.

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Working for People Over Power

2025 McNulty Prize Winner, Layla Zaidane is creating the largest nonpartisan network of young lawmakers in the country — demonstrating that bipartisan leadership is not just possible — it’s a path to better governance and increased trust of elected politicians.

Patrick Awuah & Margot Pritzker in dialogue at the 2025 Resnick Aspen Action Forum
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On Resilience

Insights on navigating crisis, cultivating ethical leadership, and scaling change with Patrick Awuah,2009 McNulty Prize Winner and Margot Pritzker, Chair of the Aspen Institute Board of Trustees

2025 McNulty Prize Panel
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Leadership Lessons from Making Bold Impact

2025 McNulty Prize Winners, on their courage, impact, and the pivotal moments that pushed them to act.

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Rebuilding Resilience: A Q&A with Saket Soni on Empowering America’s Disaster Workforce

Resilience Force is more than just a response to immediate disaster needs.

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A Vision for a New Haiti: Enriching Leaders, Community and Public Education

Nedgine Paul Deroly and Jean-Claude Brizard of Anseye Pou Ayiti speak on enriching leaders, community, and public education in Haiti.

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Creating a Resilient Workforce and a New Civic Fabric

2024 McNulty Prize Foundation winner Saket Soni, shares his work in improving worker rights and creating a new civc fabric.