Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What does it take to lead with purpose, especially when the stakes are life, safety, and the future of an entire nation?
In this candid dialogue, 2026 McNulty Prize Winners Rudy Espinoza, President & CEO of Inclusive Action for the City (Civil Society Fellowship), Tom McDougall, Founder of 4P Foods (Food Leaders Fellowship), and Anna Novosad, Co-founder of savED (Aspen Kyiv Young Leader), shared how they answered the call to serve their communities.
Moderated by Stace Lindsay (Henry Crown Fellowship), Executive Vice President for Leadership and Aspen Institute Moderator, this conversation explores pivotal choices that shaped their paths and the convictions that carried them through uncertainty.
About the Resnick Aspen Action Forum
Each summer, the Resnick Aspen Action Forum offers the opportunity for the Aspen Global Leadership Network to come together to reflect, refresh, and recommit to confronting some of society’s greatest challenges.
More than a conference or a reunion; the Action Forum is a space where AGLN Fellows gather to search, challenge, and inspire one another. It’s where timeless questions spark bold commitments — and where we move together from thought to action.
About the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN)
The Aspen Global Leadership Network develops authentic, high-integrity leaders committed to proactively confronting societal challenges, individually and collectively, in order to create a more just, free, and equitable society. The network has fostered a worldwide community of more than 4,200 high-integrity, entrepreneurial leaders from business, government, and the nonprofit sector in more than 62 countries. Because of their demonstrated accomplishments and abilities, they have been selected to join one of 16+ geographic or sector-specific AGLN Fellowships around the world. Through Fellowship programs, global gatherings, and direct capital support, the AGLN equips exceptional individuals with the support to address humanity’s greatest challenges — working to create a world where everyone thrives.
AGLN’s website: aspeninstitute.org/agln
Instagram: instagram.com/aspenagln
Linkedin: linkedin.com/showcase/aspen-global-leadership-network
What does it take to lead with purpose, especially when the stakes are life, safety, and the future of an entire nation?
In this candid dialogue, 2026 McNulty Prize Winners Rudy Espinoza, President & CEO of Inclusive Action for the City (Civil Society Fellowship), Tom McDougall, Founder of 4P Foods (Food Leaders Fellowship), and Anna Novosad, Co-founder of savED (Aspen Kyiv Young Leader), shared how they answered the call to serve their communities.
Moderated by Stace Lindsay (Henry Crown Fellowship), Executive Vice President for Leadership and Aspen Institute Moderator, this conversation explores pivotal choices that shaped their paths and the convictions that carried them through uncertainty.
About the Resnick Aspen Action Forum
Each summer, the Resnick Aspen Action Forum offers the opportunity for the Aspen Global Leadership Network to come together to reflect, refresh, and recommit to confronting some of society’s greatest challenges.
More than a conference or a reunion; the Action Forum is a space where AGLN Fellows gather to search, challenge, and inspire one another. It’s where timeless questions spark bold commitments — and where we move together from thought to action.
About the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN)
The Aspen Global Leadership Network develops authentic, high-integrity leaders committed to proactively confronting societal challenges, individually and collectively, in order to create a more just, free, and equitable society. The network has fostered a worldwide community of more than 4,200 high-integrity, entrepreneurial leaders from business, government, and the nonprofit sector in more than 62 countries. Because of their demonstrated accomplishments and abilities, they have been selected to join one of 16+ geographic or sector-specific AGLN Fellowships around the world. Through Fellowship programs, global gatherings, and direct capital support, the AGLN equips exceptional individuals with the support to address humanity’s greatest challenges — working to create a world where everyone thrives.
AGLN’s website: aspeninstitute.org/agln
Instagram: instagram.com/aspenagln
Linkedin: linkedin.com/showcase/aspen-global-leadership-network
