We are pleased to support the following extraordinary leaders as they embark on a new career pathway to transform a field:

Rhiannan
​Price

Building an independent, community-operated satellite to democratize access to reliable, open data.

Derwin
​Sisnett

Transforming vacant school buildings into teacher and essential worker housing.

Sam
​Goldman

Testing a new method to prevent lightning-caused megafires.

Tolullah 
Oni

Reimagining public health and climate resilience in urban environments through youth engagement.

David Henderson

Building a peer lending platform to improve transparency and financial security in community finance.

Morenike Fajemisin

Utilizing technology to improve access to sexual and reproductive health information, services, and products.

Luis P.
​Breva

Launching an innovation factory with a distinctive method to sustainably solve pressing large-scale problems.

Edgar Villanueva

Transforming philanthropic giving and practice while shifting narratives and promoting racial healing.

Arati Prabhakar*

Demonstrating that a DARPA-like social innovation model can work outside of government and advance progress across key program areas.

Kaitlyn Tierney and
​Courtney Cano

Disrupting hate before it takes root.

Jess
​Ladd

Catalyzing the field of sexual assault prevention in the United States.

Utkarsh
​Saxena

Transforming justice systems through AI solutions.

David
Shalleck-Klein

Reforming the child welfare system though civil rights impact litigation.

Penelope Brooke Thompson

Reimagining technical and vocational training to equip and empower certified artisans across Africa.

Yordanos
​Eyoel

Building a global entrepreneurship ecosystem to advance inclusive democracies.

Johannes Haushofer

Demonstrating the impact of educational migration on students and their communities.

Grant
​Gordon

Launching a new venture that leverages advances in basic science and R&D to prevent and reduce malnutrition.

Chuan 
He

Exploring a potentially transformative breakthrough in agricultural research and plant biology at the University of Chicago.