Executive Director, Global Innovators GroupAspen Institute
Lola Adedokun is the Executive Director of the Aspen Global Innovators Group at the Aspen Institute and co-Chair of the Aspen Institute Forum on Women and Girls. She joined the Aspen Institute in December 2021, where she leads a dynamic team advancing a portfolio of programs that expand opportunities for and access to health and prosperity for people living at the world’s margins globally and domestically. Lola joined the Aspen Institute after 14 years with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, where she administered almost $200 million in grant-making as both Director of the African Health Initiative and Director of the Child Well-being Program.She currently serves on the on the boards of Foster America, Community Solutions, the National Employment Law Project, and Integrate Health. Lola earned dual B.A. degrees with Honors in Health Policy & Society and Sociology from Dartmouth College and an M.P.H. from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.